This has been a really good resource for me: Learning iPhone Programming: From Xcode to App Store

http://www.amazon.com/Learning-iPhone-Programming-Xcode-Stor...

Has some really good practical examples and does a good job explaining it.

1) Come up with an iPhone App you want to build.

2) Register as an iOS developer, including paying the $100.

3) Build your app.

4) Scour craigslist for small simple apps people want built for a few hundred bucks.

I spent the last 3 months doing this. My own app hasn't earned much at all, but I've earned quite a bit of money doing small contract work, while learning along the way. I tried to learn iPhone app development for a while, but it wasn't until I shelled out 100 bucks to be able to publish that I put in significant time.

if you prefer learning in a lecture setting I'd suggest taking the stanford iphone dev class online (free from itunes) http://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/iphone-application-devel...

These are great to go through as a first time Objective-C/iOS developer and help tremendously. They can also leave you scratching your head a bit as they encourage you to explore and find out a lot on your own. If you watch these, make sure to do the assignments.

there is the new course available specifically for iOS http://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/developing-apps-for-ios-...

Programming experience?

How about Your First iOS Application? http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/iPhone...

Don't underestimate the quality and utility of Apple's free documentation.