Ask HN: Help me get rid of a dilemma I've never had[The Apple dilemma]

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8428683
by Nib • 12 years ago
2 4 12 years ago

Hey folks, [A little backstory: I'm 14 yrs old and have been coding since an year or so. I started learning Obj-C around the beginning of May for creating iOS apps through the book "Programming in Obj. C by Stephen Kochan(great book by the way) but never made it to real app making, and was able to learn only till about the cmd-line Obj. C apps]

Whoo, so here I am, I know how to code Obj. C cmd-line apps but anything more than that, just forget it.

Then, in June, came WWDC, with its Swift, iOS 8, and Yosemite blow(if I may call it that). So, now, I'm totally confused what to do...

On one side, there's the option of using the Apple developer Library to learn[http://developer.apple.com/library/](But, it's getting started guide is really outdated and kinda, confusing and useless), then, there's the option of using the Swift iBooks(But I'm not sure if I should learn Swift, a language thats not open source and I don't think has a future after reading a number of blog posts against it) or there's also the option to continue learning Obj. C(I'm not sure why I should not learn Swift but learn Obj. C[P.S. I know C inside out]). There really aren't any other books that I think are cool for ios8 + Yosemite development learning, but a considerable option is http://designcode.io but again, that has a problem. I barely have any idea about ios design and stuff, and the book aims to serve Designers(acc. my understanding).

So, substantially, for the last couple of months, I haven't learn't anything because I've been totally, and when I say totally I mean totally confused. Hence I'm stuck doing nothing, which is not something I want. I've gon back to coding HackerRank problem solutions in C, which is something which I'm fed up of now...

Help me, ppl. I'm looking forward to it.

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