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I'm surprised no one has mentioned this but I'd say the #1 resource for learning the practical 'how do I get X thing done in a couple of hours' are tutorials on

I'm surprised no one has mentioned this but I'd say the #1 resource for learning the practical 'how do I get X thing done in a couple of hours' are tutorials on https://www.raywenderlich.com/ https://www.raywenderlich.com/ without a doubt. It has tutorials for every basic question imaginable in a very easy to follow manner. It'll definitely take some time, as for being enjoyable - I don't get a kick out of learning an entire new set of libraries and idioms for achieving the same thing I can do in another toolset, but if you do, then great :) One last thing - the amount of information for macOS is about 1% compared to iOS, so I'd definitely go the iOS route.

Tanegashima 9y ago
Ray Wanderlich tutorials are good quality, but I don’t really like the way he writes. I recommend to look at this site, he’s a really “clean” teacher https://www.hackingwithswift.com/ https://www.hackingwithswift.com/
LeoNatan25 9y ago
> One last thing - the amount of information for macOS is about 1% compared to iOS, so I'd definitely go the iOS route. I thought that too, but it’s not accurate at all, from recent experience. There is a lot of hidden treasure for macOS, but it is buried under layers of bad Google results because somehow “NSViewController” makes Google shows me results for “UIAppDelegate” and “UIView”—makes sense. A lot of information is out there, on SO, Apple developer forums and mailing lists.