Let me qualify this title by saying I’m late to the iPhone app development party. You see, I’ve been slowly making my way in the website design and development business. I’m doing ok. Could be better, mind you.

However, in the past year or so I’ve wanted to try something more exciting. Last August I decided to investigate how to go about developing for the iPhone OS. I soon discovered it required knowledge of the C programming language and Objective-C. Then you can move on to the iPhone SDK.

So, after getting some books from Amazon I started. After much reading I got as far as working through some simple apps using Apple’s Xcode and iPhone simulator. Then we went on vacation to New England… and it all went to pot.

Upon our return I didn’t pick up my book or crank up Xcode. I just left it and slowly started forgetting all I had learned.

All is not lost though – with the renewed interest in the iPhone due to its fourth generation launch, I am once again bitten by the iPhone development bug. It hasn’t taken me too long to get back to where I was, and I’m impressed with the stuff I still remember. In fact, by learning it all a second time, some of it that wasn’t quite clear to me the first time now makes more sense.

Don’t get me wrong, developing for iPhone is a steep learning curve and it will be some time before I’m an iTunes App Store millionaire. However, I am excited at the prospect of getting something published on the app store.

Of course, I was behind the times when I first started learning this stuff last year. Now with iOS4, the new iPhone and the iPad I’m slipping even further.

That’s why I shall never be a millionaire!

Resources I’ve found useful

• Learn C on the Mac by Dave Mark
• Learn Objective-C on the Mac by Mark Dalrymple and Scott Knaster
• Beginning iPhone 3 Development: Exploring the iPhone SDK by Jeff LaMarche and David Mark
• Apple’s own documentation is AWESOME, as is Xcode development software. It’s all free if you regsiter