So you want to get rich making iphone apps?

So you want to get rich making iphone apps, who doesn't. You probably already have some idiot cousin who made an app about a monkey who tells you how hot or not you are and now he's loaded(don't even think it the Gorgeous George App is all mine). Still no one ever lost money underestimating the intelligence of the general public so lets all join the iphone app gold rush!

How to create iPhone apps with no experience - Thinking Drone

This ones an ebook and its by the guys behind thinking drone, they’ve done a few dozen highly successful apps and what makes the story more interesting is that they are not even techie guys. In
How to create iPhone apps with no experience  they explain how they come up with the idea of outsourcing the programming for their iphones. Essentially they were just conceiving the ideas for their iphone apps and then outsourcing to other people to do the actually development. I think this is what makes this one of the most attractive of the books on iphone development is how accessible it is for non programmers. In the book they give a host of ideas including how to get accepted by apple without even a business, how to find the right audience for your app, software and resource links, how to find iphone developers and how to test and install the new app. With the ebook you also get a few other things including the live source code from 6 of Thinking Drones apps and a non disclosure agreement. How to create iPhone apps with no experience  is comparative in price to the other books but with the added value offered I think especially for first time app developers this is probably the best option.

iPhone For Dummies: Includes iPhone 4

Being fairly retarded myself, I’m quite a big fan of the for dummies series, but it’s definitely dependent on the author. I have to say about 90% of this book came off as fluff, there is no obvious progression through the book and I found it to be totally disorganised. Possibly if you already had good iphone app skills then this book could be followed but if so, why would you need a for dummies book. I think the main problem with this book is that Goldstein has to fill 440 pages but he only has material for about a third of that. Definitely not one of the for dummies best efforts.

Tapworthy: Designing Great iPhone Apps

 This one is pretty good. Its strong point is not so much on the coding of iphone apps but more on the design. While it isn’t quite the total from idea to market of How to create iPhone apps with no experience  it is stronger on aspects of design. The interviews Clark does with other iphone app developers are also highly interesting and inspiring. There is a certain amount of filler in this book but nothing to the extent of the for dummies book. It is also highly readable and easy to follow.