I first tried to learn mac development a year ago by going through http://www.amazon.com/Cocoa-Programming-Mac-OS-3rd/dp/0321503619 http://www.amazon.com/Cocoa-

I first tried to learn mac development a year ago by going through http://www.amazon.com/Cocoa-Programming-Mac-OS-3rd/dp/0321503619 http://www.amazon.com/Cocoa-Programming-Mac-OS-3rd/dp/032150... . I did the examples in the book, so I was getting my hands dirty somewhat, but as I went through the book I got more and more confused. There were too many questions I had that the book didn't answer, nor did Apple's online documentation. Part of the problem was that I didn't know C at all. Recently I decided to have another go at it, so I read the first chapter of K&R and did all the exercises, then read a few of the other chapters (2, 5, and 6 I believe). After that, I read this book: http://www.apress.com/book/view/1430218150 http://www.apress.com/book/view/1430218150 . "Learn Objective-C on the Mac" has been great - it's readable, good-humored, succinct, and comprehensive. It's answered all the remaining questions I still had about ObjC and I finally feel like I get the language.