Multiplayer game for iOS

I am planning to make a multiplayer game for iOS. This will obviously require server side programming (which I have never done). I am going to start out with a simple turn based game just to learn. Can anyone suggest me which progr开发者_开发知识库amming language/framework I should use and perhaps a tutorial/article for beginner specifically targeted toward server side programming for games? Thanks.

I have used smartFox Server for creating a multiplayer game. You can test basic version for free. They have iPhone API and sample code too. checkitout http://www.smartfoxserver.com/

Depending on the language you have a couple of options. If I were you I would go with:

• PHP; lots of tutorials and information can be found on the internet
• Google AppEngine; their python bindings are really good and it's pretty much made for what you're describing.