What is the best way to learn Objective-C on linux (man I wish I had a mac)?
I know C/C++ pretty well and have always wanted to learn Objective-C becuase of the ability to make iPhone apps (if I had a mac).
So where do I start?
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If you don't have access to a Mac, then GNUStep is probably the best option for doing anything with Objective-C. Although the modern Cocoa frameworks on OS X are significantly more advanced than GNUStep's AppKit and Foundation frameworks, you will be able to learn the fundamentals (including Objective-C style) using GNUStep.
Barry Wark
2009-03-14 00:23:37
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Buy a Mac, at the moment there's no reasonable alternative to Cocoa.
Some tutorials (Obj-C and Cocoa) can be found here: http://cocoadevcentral.com
or
Aaron Hillegass' book Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X.
Georg
2009-03-14 00:34:57
I can't afford one, trust me I would if I could. And will the first chance I get.
Lucas McCoy
2009-03-14 00:42:41
Then buy an iPhone / iPod as you want to develop for them anyway. Objc-C is a simple language, the hard part is learning Cocoa and its techniques.
Georg
2009-03-14 01:05:29
O.K. Just to be clear, I DON'T HAVE A JOB! I'm still in High School and anything with a lowercase i in front of it is expensive.
Lucas McCoy
2009-03-14 01:09:07
A second-hand Intel Mac Mini has no lowercase prefix and will cost you $US200 on eBay. If you can't afford that, get a job or suffer the indignity of a Hackintosh.
Matt Gallagher
2009-03-14 02:28:57
@Lucas: I share your pain...i do have a job, but mac and friends are quite expensive down here.
Tom
2009-07-19 01:27:39
@gs you need a mac to write iPhone software.
darren
2010-01-15 20:52:58
@darren: That's not entirely true. You need Mac OS X to do it, but you could run it on a regular PC. The OP asked what he needs to _learn_ Objective-C to program for the iPhone _at a later time._ Learning the language doesn't require an iPhone.
Georg
2010-01-16 09:45:39
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Check this website out Objective C Tutorial
Thats what I've been using and its a little helpful. Check out the dev forums at Apple. Also since you are using linux download Notepad++. Its a pretty helpful and includes syntax highlighting for a nice array of languages.
Bob
2009-10-21 18:35:18
Cool tut, but I think I'll stick with GEdit as my text editor since it already comes with GNOME and syntax highlighting and plugins and....
Lucas McCoy
2009-10-21 21:16:12