Free Xcode eBook for beginners

Xcode is a free Mac development environment that comes with every copy of Mac OS X. Have you had the desire to learn Mac programming but were dissuaded by the thick tomes at the bookstore? Here is a free eBook that gently guides beginners and non-programmers into programming the Mac with Objective-C.

The name of the free eBook is Become an Xcoder and it was written by Bert Altenberg, Alex Clarke and Philippe Mougin. You may remember Bert Altenberg from a previous post, as he the author of another free eBook I pointed out, called AppleScript for Absolute Starters.

download xcode

Be sure to get the latest version of Xcode. You can download Xcode at the Apple Developer Connection.

Xcode for Mac Development
For Mac OS X application development, Xcode is a free download and includes the Xcode IDE, Dashcode, Instruments, Interface Builder, and the rest of the developer tools.

Xcode for iPhone Development
Get Xcode with the free iPhone SDK for creating iPhone, iPod touch, or Mac applications. The iPhone SDK includes Xcode IDE, iPhone Simulator, Interface Builder, Instruments, Shark, as well as compilers, frameworks, and samples.

xcode reference library

You can find a ton of helpful information in the Leopard Reference Library → Tools → Xcode section at the Apple Developer Connection.

xcode sample code

Apple provides a healthy helping of Xcode examples in the Leopard Sample Code → Tools → Xcode section at the Apple Developer Connection.