Learn Objective-C for Java Developers

The Learning iPad SDK book I'm writing assumes that readers have little or no experience developing applications for Apple products. In particular it doesn't assume a lot of prior knowledge about Objective-C, Cocoa, or XCode. Rather than get bogged down writing definitive guides to Objective-C, Cocoa, and XCode I've adopted the strategy of explaining the basics while pointing readers to more thorough coverage of these areas.

One of the books I'll be leaning on a lot is Learning Objective-C for Java Developers by James Bucanek. The book is helping me to choose what to explain and what to defer to the book itself. I've read a lot of technical books and wrote a few of them myself so I'm sensitive to the quality of writing when reading. I have to say that Learn Objective-C for Java Developers is really excellent.

If you are a Java developer and you want to get up to speed on developing applications for the iPhone, iPad and Mac OS X than you absolutely must buy Bucanek's book. It's a must have on your shelf and it will become your primary resource for understanding the programming language used to develop applications for Apple devices.