Re:Ask HN: How do I start learning iPhone app dev?
by phamilton on Monday November 08, 2010 @09:26PM
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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.
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.