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http://www.amazon.com/Objective-C-For-Dummies-Neal-Goldstein/dp/0470522755

Objective-C For Dummies (9780470522752): Neal Goldstein: Books

Picked this book as a fairly long shot to re-introduce myself into C++ / OO programming. (Notice: I was a C / assembly / Magic developer between '87 and '97.) With all this background I hoped for some easy (and fun) reading about the latest version of Objective C. Boy, I was wrong... This book is definitely not for the "absolute beginner". Though it runs through all the basic stuff at light speed, it is too dense for someone with zero programming experience.
NOTE: I will be updating this review once I am done reading the new SDK 3 updated book. The review below is for the original SDK version of the book. I thank the author for personally responding to my review in the comments, and will make adjustments to this review after I read the updated book. I feel that some of his points are fair, but still arguable, as to what should and should not be included in the book.

Beginning iPhone Development: Exploring the iPhone SDK (9781430216261): Dave Mark, Jeff LaMarche: Books

http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-iPhone-Development-Exploring-SDK/dp/1430216263
http://developer.apple.com/devcenter/ios/index.action

iOS Dev Center - Apple Developer

This complete developer toolset for creating Mac, iPhone, and iPad apps includes the Xcode IDE, performance analysis tools, iOS Simulator, and the latest Mac OS X and iOS SDKs.