Monday, November 24, 2008

Day 1 (1st Tutorial)

I am a brand new programmer and the purpose of this blog is to document my journey in becoming an iPhone developer. Creating an application from an empty application template is the first step to truly understanding how everything within a program interacts and connects to one another. This first tutorial I did gave me an understanding of the basics which are very important to learn while anyone starts diving into Xcode.

I mainly focused on completing every step in the tutorial and understanding how things are connected and why they have to be connected the way it is done. The "Interface Builder" is pretty easy to understand because it is so visual. Making the program connections in "Interface Builder" is straight forward and the way the tutorial explains every aspect and takes you step by step through the motions is a great way for anyone to learn how to use.

What I have to learn how to do with patience and precision is actually typing the Xcode. I went through the tutorial all the way and when I got to the end and chose to build the program in the simulator I had quite a few errors. Then I had to go through all of the steps again and check my work to see what I had missed. This is time consuming and I believe it is better to strongly pay attention to the detail of the code in the first place, which I will achieve more as I continue to learn the aspects of Xcode.

I would definitely recommend this tutorial because it does give you a better understand of how to create applications for the iPhone from scratch. The address for this tutorial is Here .

I will continue to have more direct insight of what I learn in coming blogs. Until next time...