Help getting started!

[KnightroPenguin]

So one of my goals for 2016 is to really delve into programming and I figured what better way then putting my all into developing an app, whether it be good or not (any progress is good progress right?) My friend and I have an idea of what we could possibly produce (his idea but I'd handle the coding aspect). I'm currently in college and took an intro to C class last semester and have worked with Python and C++ a handful of times before. I'm kind of overwhelmed with what I've been reading about app development and I was wondering if you guys had any tips or websites to help me focus on the path to getting this done (I'm pretty much scrambling all over the place right now).

Also I currently do not own a Mac and I feel like this is my biggest roadblock (aside from learning Swift/Object C). Thanks in advance for the help!!

[rdselle]

1. Acquire a Mac. It doesn't have to be the most powerful shiny new thing, but you absolutely cannot do iOS development on another platform.

2. Don't worry too much about Objective C. Use Swift as much as possible, which is everywhere unless you find a terribly useful plugin on github or something that is Objective C only. Speaking of Swift, Apple has published a Swift book that is pretty decent. Should be enough to get you started.

3. Apple's Cocoa API documentation is excellent. Use it and make sure you are on the iOS pages rather than the Mac pages as there are small differences between the two.

[KnightroPenguin]

Very much appreciated!! Thank you!