Writing apps for iPhone

 

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If you're reading this article, it is very likely that you've thought about writing apps for iPhone. You have probably heard everything I did before I started. Oh, it is very easy. Anyone can do it. Create only one fast and get rich in the App. Well, I can give you a slightly different perspective.

Write iPhone apps is easy if you're a professional software developer who has worked with Apple's development tools for years. If you're not a software developer, you are going to find it anything but easy. And if you're a developer, but you have not spent much time writing software for Apple, you are going to run into a big learning curve. 

First, you need to master the language. iPhone apps are written in Objective C. If you are a C programmer, well, it looks a little familiar, but still have a lot of learning to do. If you are not C programmer, I'm sure I hope you are ready to do some learning, and spend a lot of time on Google. I spent 90% of my "development" time for my first application surfing Google, looking desperately to figure out how to do something that seemed like it would be very simple. 

Second, you need to learn the development environment. iPhone applications are developed using two pieces of software. XCode is the soul of the code, add the project files, and run and debug. Interface Builder is where you design the user interface the body of your program. One of the trickiest parts of writing for programmer is to get the iPhone App Interface Builder interface jive when Xcode code when connected to. I strongly advice you to buy and read a good introductory book for iPhone application development. You really need to be at least a vague idea of how everything works together and the architecture of the iPhone app before you even start your first project. If you do not follow this advice, you are likely to screw up an incredible project. 

In addition to misconceptions about how "easy" it is writing apps for iPhone, you are probably thinking you are going to get rich. Who can blame you? You've probably read, if one man made hundreds of thousands of dollars out of one small application. Well, think of it like a lottery. Of course, few people get rich, but most people get little to nothing. I read somewhere that most app developers earned under $500. Getting rich quickly from their applications are possible because they were at the AppStore from the beginning and was the first of its kind in the app, or are in the very top of the rankings and has been a ton of publicity. 

Now, I do not think that I'm discouraging anyone from writing apps for iPhone. I have a lot of fun with it, and I learned a lot. But I'm a software developer for 8 years and it took months of work on my first app in my free time to get it done. And I really do not have any money yet. So stop and think first and do not believe everything you hear. 

Sean Miller is a.Net developer by day, and the iPhone App developer at night. 

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