I have gone through the first few chapters, and I am just confused! I have some programming background, and have actually done some sample iPhone apps in the past, but I have not had one example in this book work. For example...the "Try This" on page 28 says "In Groups & Files, create a new folder named c_code." Unfortunately, there is nothing telling me how to do this, and all of the usual Apple ways of accomplishing this do not work. It would be nice to have a little more clearly-defined instruction in this, since this is a book targeted at "beginners."



I think the most frustrating thing was after the first exercise, the book acknowledges that the exercise is confusing, but assures the reader that by the end of the book it will make sense. Sure, I feel like an idiot...wouldn't it be more effective to build my confidence in the first exercise, rather than drag me through an exercise that doesn't work, that I don't have enough experience to troubleshoot? I still can't figure out why it's not working.



On the next page, it says "Open main.m, import cwork.h, and add the sayHello method to the file (Listing 2-4)." Does this mean that I need to go to the file menu and import, or is it by typing the instructions in Listing 2-4 accomplishes this? The jumping around in chapters to find these "Listings" is really confusing...I'm not sure why the information is discussed on one page, but the actual code is listed several pages later. It might have made more sense if the methodology was described in the Intro...this is the single most frustrating problem with the book. It keeps telling you to go to "listings" of code, but it's not clear whether you're adding the code to existing code, or replacing it.



Also, when I "Build and Go" it would've taken the author two seconds to tell the user that the Console is found under the "Run" menu. I kept waiting for a window to pop up with results, but couldn't understand why nothing was happening.



I'll keep trudging along, but I can say at this point I'm frustrated, and about ready to toss the book and start over with a new one. Sorry to be so harsh, but I really don't see yet how this is considered a "beginner" book. I'll be returning the book this afternoon and looking for something that's a little more straightforward. By the fourth chapter, It's still not making any sense.