I’m determined to learn computer programming in my lifetime. Yes, it’s all a foreign language to me and many others, but I admire the hard work that developers do. I think they should receive some awards. Many of them certainly don’t get the recognition (or financial backing) they deserve.

If you’re curious to learn Mac programming, you might be surprised to discover the amount of free resources to get you started.

Mac Automation Made Simple

First off, if you’re totally new to programming, you should consider checking out Ben Waldie’s podcast series titled Mac Automation Made Simple (iTunes Store link.) His tutorials focus on AppleScript and Apple’s Automator program, both of which come installed with Mac OS X.

Apple’s Developers Tools

Apple itself provides a wealth of resources for programming. It’s part of the reason for so many iPhone apps and other applications being produced. After you sign up on their Developers Tools site, you can download PDF guides for learning languages like C, Objective-C, X-code, and Cocoa.

iPhone Application Programming

With the popularity of iPhone apps, Standard University, I believe, was one of the first educational institutions to produce a course on iPhone development. The entire course is available as a video tutorial podcast series (iTunes Store link.)

If you are a beginning developer, let us know how you got started.