Ask HN: Possible for Non-hacker to learn iPhone dev?
Some background: I'm not a hacker. I have no real programming experience, other than a bit of html and css. And I've fiddled with already-written RoR apps.
I have a bunch of (what I think are) simple iPhone apps rolling around in my head. So I'm attempting to teach myself objective-c and iPhone development.
The first step I'm taking is working through the book "Beginning iPhone Development" (http://bit.ly/bWz0ID). There are a few other books in the same series that I plan on working through, should I feel the first one to be helpful. There are a ton of other books available, but I've decided to pick just one for now. Better, I think, to focus first on one "instructor" and style as I figure out the basics. I've also scoured the web for a bunch of video tutorials which I'll dig into later.
Will I be successful? Anyone have any words of wisdom as I set out on my journey? Suggestions/tips/other resources I'm missing? Thank you for reading.