I remember how hard it was learning iOS Development at first. I was an apprentice at the time and I was building an app for a client and I was confused by everything around me. The most powerful resource is your own mind and you should utilize it by thinking of a small project you can build and following it through. You should use StackOverflow or DevMag for any questions you may have.
I have found a few useful resources however and I'll list them below with my favorite first:
Ray Wenderlich is the go-to resource for all iOS related topics. I have used that website many times. I have a few suggestions to give you myself.
Never use storyboards!
Storyboards are not good for developers. They make designing easier but when it comes to collaboration, it's horrendous. I would strongly advise coding the Controllers and Views yourself.
I use those Open Source libraries for most of my projects. I would strongly advise you to use the Swift language. It's Apple's new language for iOS and OSX. I would also advise that you only target iOS 8.0+ as many Swift libraries don't support lower than that.
You should also look at CocoaPods for using libraries in your app. It's a great dependency manager. If you're interested in knowing what tools I use on a daily basis in my iOS career, I wrote a post here on LinkedIn.
JustJoey
Professional iOS Developer
Hi Tracy, welcome to the dark side!
I remember how hard it was learning iOS Development at first. I was an apprentice at the time and I was building an app for a client and I was confused by everything around me. The most powerful resource is your own mind and you should utilize it by thinking of a small project you can build and following it through. You should use StackOverflow or DevMag for any questions you may have.
I have found a few useful resources however and I'll list them below with my favorite first:
Ray Wenderlich is the go-to resource for all iOS related topics. I have used that website many times. I have a few suggestions to give you myself.
Never use storyboards! Storyboards are not good for developers. They make designing easier but when it comes to collaboration, it's horrendous. I would strongly advise coding the Controllers and Views yourself.
I will link to some useful libraries below:
I use those Open Source libraries for most of my projects. I would strongly advise you to use the Swift language. It's Apple's new language for iOS and OSX. I would also advise that you only target iOS 8.0+ as many Swift libraries don't support lower than that.
You should also look at CocoaPods for using libraries in your app. It's a great dependency manager. If you're interested in knowing what tools I use on a daily basis in my iOS career, I wrote a post here on LinkedIn.
Hope this helps! Joey