micronas

I teach programming and the vast majority of people have issues with using the basic tools available to a progammer such as loops, variables etc. and how to put statements together in order to reach a certain goal (defined by ie. school/uni assignment). Adding memory allocation and pointers to that just over complicates it for beginners - it's just not necessary. Just start off with a higher level language, then dive deeper with C/C++ to gain better understanding of what's happening behind the scenes. You don't need to know how an engine works to drive a car, although it's helpful.

You said you made like 5-6 unsuccessful apps before one finally took off. How much time had you spent at that point and how much longer would you have given yourself to keep trying to make it on the app store on your own?