So you want to program iphone? Episode 2

Well my first week of attempting to program the iphone has so far been challenging.

After downloading x-code and getting started on the Nerd Ranch book my first application, a simple question and answer app seemed to work. It was not however without a few hitches.

• I didn't know how to open the application interphase where you draw the buttons and other objects on a mock iphone screen. When double clicking on the xib file it would not open. Couldnt find a menu item to open it and a google search only had technical gibberish beyond my capacity to understand. So i tried an old windows trick on the hunch that perhaps the application existed somewhere but was not associated with the xib file type.... I searched and opened the interphase GUI developer program and then BINGO i am in business.


• I made a bunch of coding errors which the program alerts you to, but it doesn't always tell you how to fix.


• I learnt by trial and error that (ID) will never work it needs to be (id).


• The are many core concepts to learn and it is hard going so far.


• It can be hard to find time to concentrate on it.