It's been years since I have actually read a programming language/framework book end to end. Or even done an online tutorial from start to finish. When I starte

It's been years since I have actually read a programming language/framework book end to end. Or even done an online tutorial from start to finish. When I started learning iOS, I started with Stanford's CS 193P lecture series available on iTunes. After some lectures, I started working simultaneously on the project I had in mind. Sometimes, I would go back to a lecture (like the one on UITableViews) to review the basics. But after a while, I stopped going back to the course (I must have finished about 50% of the course). At this point I was comfortable just Googling up whatever I needed to know. And of course posting questions on StackOverflow. So, I'd suggest 1. Get enough from whatever source you like - books, online tutorials to get started on your own project. 2. Start working on your project. Google for best practices, libraries whenever in doubt. Post questions on SO when you can't figure something out. When you need to go in-depth into a topic, find good documentation on it and take time to read it through.