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copied!<p>I have developed in C++ many years ago, but these days I am primarily a Java software engineer. Given I own an iPhone, am ready to spring for a MacBook next month, and am generally interested in getting started with Mac OS developmentmt (using Objective C), I thought I would just put this question out there: What Next?</p> <p>More specifically, what books should I pick up, and are there any web resources that some folks could point me to? Some books that I am planning to purchase:</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/0321566157" rel="noreferrer">Programming in Objective-C 2.0</a></li> <li><a href="http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/0321503619" rel="noreferrer">Cocoa(R) Programming for Mac OS X (3rd Edition)</a></li> </ul> <p>Anyone familiar with these titles? Finally, I would be very interested in a summary of what I should be prepared to expect, once I embark on this journey. As someone that develops in Java using IntelliJ IDEA, what are some key differences I will notice as I move over to writing ObjectiveC code in Xcode? What's the differences between Mac OS desktop development and iPhone development? Being used to Java garbage collection, what should I know about ObjectiveC garbage collection / memory management. Any other language specific issues that anyone would like to point out? How about building UIs? Is it closer to Swing, building Visual C++ resource files that code interacts with, or is it more like some of the borland IDEs that will generate code for guis?</p>

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