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NicholasD
Member
Dear forum,
I'm a 16-year old kid who has been dreaming for a couple of years now to start programming.
A while ago i met a guy at a party who has his own programming company and he said to me cocos2d was a really good place to start.
But now i'm searching the site, i don't really know where to start.
I don't even understand how to install cocos2d, python and pyglet..
please help me
greets, NicholasD
This video will tell you everything you need to know:
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fakedit: I'd recommend grabbing these books (or whatever else works for you), and just working through the examples:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0672325861/?tag=stackoverfl08-20
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0321503619/?tag=stackoverfl08-20
http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-iPhone-Development-Exploring-SDK/dp/1430224592/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1281192311&sr=1-3-fkmr1
Once you're done with that, then start with cocos2d
cjl
Member
You might be confusing Cocos2d and Cocos2d-iPhone.
Cocos2d is a python game programming framework. Cocos2d-iPhone started as a port of Cocos2d, but has quickly evolved beyond the original project.
Learning Python is a great way to learn how to program, but will not be directly applicable to creating iPhone games.
The books that christophersisk linked to can teach you a programming language called Objective-C, which is what Cocos2d-iPhone ( and nearly every iPhone and Macintosh applivetion ) uses.
Good luck!
NicholasD
Member
okay thanks :D i quickly cancelled the python-book and ordered instead of that the first book christophersisk linked. But is it possible to program on your computer in objective-C for an iphone? Cause on this moment, i don't have one but i already want to start practicing...
letmeknow
Member
If you want to make a game on iPhone, buy Sapus Tongue source code http://www.sapusmedia.com/sources/ from riq.
It's much better than buying a book.
cjl
Member
Assuming you have a recent Macintosh computer, you can program for the iPhone without owning an iPhone.
The iPhone SDK ( a free download from Apple ) includes an iPhone simulator, which allows you to run your applications in a virtual iPhone. However, before releasing an application I would STRONGLY recommend running your code on an actual device, because performance on the simulator can be wildly misleading.
Note that the device you run your application on doesn't have to be an iPhone. iPod touch devices are excellent for development.
Also be aware that to run your applications on hardware, you need a paid developer account with Apple, which currently costs $99 a year. This same account allows you to distribute on the app store.
If you jailbreak your device you can run your apps on your hardware without a developer certificate.
mrTortex
Member
Also, Google Ray Wenderlich and go through those. Then, come up with a simple game idea and use that as a project to learn from. The goal of having a finished game will keep the motivation, and you'll learn so much more from building a finished project. You can also release it, even if it's for free, which is a real buzz. :)
I just started myself, and this place is great. Go through Ray's tuts, look at the SDK Tutor videos on Youtube, look at Paulsonapps (again, Google that) and watch his vids - they are more advanced so do them last. You'll quickly get to a point where you have stuff moving about on screen.
Duckwit
Member
Hey Nicolas!
I am a 14 year who is learning to program for the iPhone.
Right now I am going through some books published by Apress.
The first book I got was written by Dave Mark, published by Apress. You can see it at Apress.com
It was called 'Learn C on the Mac',
Since objective-C is a superset of C it is great to learn C first.
The second book I got, which I have started reading now is the second in the series,
its 'Learn Objective-C on the Mac' .
I find these books are very, very well written and they present advanced concepts in simple to grasp ways using a lot of code examples so you can master some in depth techniques.
I strongly advise using the second one for when you learn Objective-C. (By the way, this book assumes you already know the basics of coding in either C, C# or C++, thats why I got the other one first)
Once you are comfortable with programming your own small applications and stuff, start to work with cocos2d. :)
If you need any help feel free to contact me. ;)
xcrunner509
Member
I started off with objective-c. The book that I bought to help me is called Programming in Objective-C 2.0. It assumes that you have absolutely no programming experience at all. But it doesn't talk to you like a baby if that's what your wondering. Trust me it's a very good book to help you start your programming experience.
Link to the book: http://www.amazon.com/Programming-Objective-C-2-0-Stephen-Kochan/dp/0321566157
Best of luck,
Nick Homme
I'd like to second xcrunner509's recommendation, that together with any book on iPhone programming (to get a basic idea of cocoa and the iPhone's functionality in general) would pretty much be a done deal.
As @mrTortex pointed out Ray has produced a number of very clear tutorials over at http://www.raywenderlich.com/ a very good place to start.
Also check out the 'Read before posting' link at the top of the forum, it contains a number of resources. When you download cocos2d and open in xcode you'll find a tests directory, inside this is code used to test each feature of cocos2d, its a great place to start tinkering. Change a couple of values and see what happens :D
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