Start developing for macosx

Question

hello, I would like to start developing for macosx. I need to create a small native application to help me do some stuff. I never developed in Objective-C, have no idea about cocoa, Xcode, NIB and similar stuff.

I don't want to learn by slapping examples together though. This would probably make things done, but I would not learn anything. I'd prefer a guided tutorial (or book) to go from zero to release on the web of the application. Do you have anything to suggest ?

Answer 1

Beginning Mac Programming looks like an interesting book, covering exactly the things you'd need to learn to start developing for OS X.

Answer 2

Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X by Aaron Hillegass is the standard (and best) text for starting Cocoa and Mac OS X programming.

Answer 3

I recently studied objective-c also here is a good article:

http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/OOP%5FObjC/Introduction/Introduction.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40005149-CH1-SW2

But I strongly suggest you buy a good book.