I’ve decided to once again try to learn Obj-C. The last few times I’ve tried I either got really bored with it (because I didn’t know it well enough to actually put it to use) or because the syntax was so foreign that it just seemed impossible. This time though I’m going all out. No more sketchy, poorly written online tutorials. It turns out my schools library (and, by extension, I) have access to TONS (!!!) of books online. I’m not talking about the ones that you see on digg with the title “AWESOME: Thousands of free online books!” I mean O’Reilly books. Yeah, they’re legit.

So anyway, I found a bunch of beginner-Cocoa/intermediate-programmer books that I’m working through. I also found a couple Cocoa podcasts (CocoaCast and CocoaRadio) that have helped keep my interest up.

I’ve only been messing around with command line apps, just getting used to syntax, and XCode.

Actually, that’s something I meant to mention: XCode is weird. Maybe it’s just because I’m used to Eclipse for writing Java (which I realize I neglected to mention was my first and most proficient language) but something just doesn’t feel right, what with having all these separate windows, each with it’s own set of views. It’s gonna take some getting used to.

I haven’t had any crazy revelations about how awesome the language is but, when I do, you (and by “you” I mean the non-existent people reading this…) will be the first to know about it.