iOS CodeCoalition - 3 months to learn iOS from scratch? Possible?

[MrMister111]

I'm not sure why you're paying when you could use something like code academy to learn a language or you could get the Stanford or many other free videos from iTunes U for nothing.

As they all seem to be too advanced for a complete beginner to not just iOS programming but any programming.

I specifically asked codecoalition if this course was for complete beginners which they said it was. It is a structured course, so I'm hoping it will help me that way.

They also said that all videos we're available for download to keep afterwards to.

At the end off the day I decided to try it, it worked out at £65 so it's not going go break my bank.

 

[Twimfy]

As they all seem to be too advanced for a complete beginner to not just iOS programming but any programming.

I specifically asked codecoalition if this course was for complete beginners which they said it was. It is a structured course, so I'm hoping it will help me that way.

They also said that all videos we're available for download to keep afterwards to.

At the end off the day I decided to try it, it worked out at £65 so it's not going go break my bank.

Fair do's, was just curious.

For £65 as well, that's not a bad price. There is a severe lack of actual go in and sit down programming courses for adults in this country.

 

[MrMister111]

Fair do's, was just curious.

For £65 as well, that's not a bad price. There is a severe lack of actual go in and sit down programming courses for adults in this country.

Exactly what I found. And if there were they were all London. I would have preferred this as "forces" the issue, have to goto class, but because of work and family wouldn't have been able to commit anyway think.

I'll see how it goes, £65 isn't to bad although haven't seen the material yet

 

[hagr182]

Thanks for the advice, my goal is to have my first App ready by september 2014, so we´ll se how it goes. I am a quick learner and I am progressing through the book fairly easily.

They can be, but you have to set yourself a routine and goals.

Once you've worked through it, the real test is coming up with something simple and seeing if you can do it on your own.

I'd say two books are probably best. I recommend Big Nerd Ranch Objective-C and Beginning iOS Dev by Jeff Lamarche.

Start with Big Nerd and then once you've finished it, switch to the other and continuously go back to Big Nerd to make sure you understand from a coding perspective what is happening and why.

You can be an expert at Objective-C but looking at iOS Dev without an understanding of how MVC or any of the API's work can be daunting.

 

[1458279]

I was going to mention that I took a study course from Lynda.com ... I'm pretty sure it was Objective C and I remember it being very good.

I think Lynda.com offers something in line with $25/Month for full access, and they have a TON of subjects.

 

[MrMister111]

I was going to mention that I took a study course from Lynda.com ... I'm pretty sure it was Objective C and I remember it being very good.

I think Lynda.com offers something in line with $25/Month for full access, and they have a TON of subjects.

Yeh I had seen Lynda.com, seems good but sometimes videos seem outdated and its a full streaming service, can't keep the videos which this one you could. I don't think I'll complete this course in time so as I can keep videos I Cn complete at my pace.

 

[larswik]

Yeh I had seen Lynda.com, seems good but sometimes videos seem outdated and its a full streaming service, can't keep the videos which this one you could. I don't think I'll complete this course in time so as I can keep videos I Cn complete at my pace.

Don't rely to much on videos. They can be nice but you can fall in to the Monkey see monkey do and it won't sync in.

Here is one thing you will most likely discover when you learn programming. When I think "I want to learn to program" it's was an unexpected 2 step process. First figure out what the code does, and then, how to implement what you learned to make programs.

Code for me are like shop tools. A wrench, hammer and so on. But can you use those 'tools' to build an engine since you know what those tools do? For me that answer was no. So I learned the 'tools' and then learned how to build an engine.

If I were you, like me, I would look at a good basic book on C and start simple. I jumped in to Object C and got lost. I then stepped back to C and got a good foundation. Then it was easier to learn Object C and make apps.

The bummer is your time constraint. Any rushed course will leave you with a sense of what they tools are but building an engine might be hard for you.

Last thing... This forum was my FREE online class. People love to help people learn here. Not by give you answers all the time but by pushing you in the right direction. So get a book and ask questions here.