Which language and which book to learn the basics of iOS developement?

[localzuk]

So, I now have purchased myself a MacBook and wish to start learning how to do some iOS development.

 

There appear to be a couple of options - Objective-C and Swift.

 

Can anyone recommend which to go with, and also recommend me some reading material to work through to pick this stuff up?

[ZeroHour]

What languages do you use currently?

I find Objective-C a bit backwards coming from c#.

[mrnoisy]

Some good stuff on iTunes university of Plymouth or Portsmouth can't remember but full intro series

[Arthur]

• Stanford University: Developing iOS 8 Apps with Swift
  
• Plymouth University: iOS Development in Swift
  

Source: https://developer.apple.com/swift/resources/

 

I find Objective-C a bit backwards coming from C#.

Isn't Swift meant to be a bit easier to learn if you already know C# or Java?

[MattDLEA]

I had a quick look at swift on the lynda.com site and it looks quite intuative.

I managed to knock up a very basic app that told you how many days you had been alive within about 2 hours of starting.