Ask HN: How do I start learning iPhone app dev?
Can you guys recommend any specific tutorials. I know I can google it and get a shit ton of resources but I need a more practical approach.
http://www.amazon.com/Learning-iPhone-Programming-Xcode-Stor...
Has some really good practical examples and does a good job explaining it.
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.
Don't underestimate the quality and utility of Apple's free documentation.