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I've been programming in VB.net for a while now, and I finally got access to a mac to make ipod apps. What are some useful sites, videos, etc. that could help me get used to Objective C and the Xcode IDE? I've stumbled upon the samples on the apple dev site, but none of them really give good examples which I could learn the syntax of the language from.

Thanks for the help, Objective C is really a big change from VB.net!

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You might want to take a look at MonoTouch if you like working with .Net. As far as I'm aware, it only works with C#, but it will let you use the .NET api to program for the iPhone. Might be worth looking into if you don't want to learn Objective C.

Kibbee
The goal is to use Objective C, and MonoTouch is quite expensive. I want to transition.
Cyclone
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Here are some helpful starter references from the Apple site, first for Objective-C itself, then for the Cocoa frameworks.

Learning Objective-C: A Primer

Cocoa Fundamentals Guide

There are also "getting started" videos available from http://developer.apple.com/iphone (you have to register as a developer to get access, but that's free)

David Gelhar
Very good, I'll try those out!
Cyclone