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Product Description The professional programmer’s DEITEL® guide to iPhone app development using iPhone SDK 3.x, Xcode®, Objective-C® and Cocoa®
More than 1.5 billion iPhone apps were downloaded from Apple’s App Store in just one year! This book gives you everything you’ll need to start developing great iPhone apps quickly and–once you’ve joined Apple’s fee-based iPhone Developer Program–to get them up and running on the App Store. The book uses an app-driven approach–each new technology is discussed in the context of 14 fully tested iPhone apps (7700 lines of code), complete with syntax shading, code walkthroughs and sample outputs. Apps you’ll develop include:
Welcome
Spot-On Game
Route Tracker
Tip Calculator
Cannon Game
Slideshow
Favorite Twitter® Searches
Painter
Voice Recorder
Flag Quiz Game
Address Book
Twitter® Discount Airfares
By Chapter 3 you’ll be building apps using Xcode®, Cocoa® and Interface Builder. You’ll learn object-oriented programming in Objective-C® and build apps using the latest iPhone 3.x technologies including the Game Kit, iPod library access and more.
iPhone for Programmers include practical, example-rich coverage of:
• iPhone SDK 3.x, XCode®, Interface Builder
• Object-Oriented Programming in Objective-C® and Cocoa®
Not bad!July 28, 2010 mdoher 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've been using this book to work my way though the first stages of learning to develop for the iPhone platform. I recommend this to anyone getting started with development and the book is laid out in a clear manner...it is a good book to buy and help learn to program for this environment.
Very educational and deep ...July 7, 2010 davidm71 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
What can I say... I enjoyed this book from the first page to the last. Though this is not
my first iphone objective c book, this book is not for the beginner. The code is well documented
and even though theres a lot to read and study worth it in the end. This is definitely an app driven
approach... I like it...
The first book that made me continue with iPhone programmingJune 24, 2010 deradam 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I already tried some few books and finally wanted to start developing for iPhone. But mostly after the first chapters and a stupid hello world example the content was not very appealing to continue with so I stopped. This book however has a very straight forward approach, at least for me as I already know object oriented programming etc. but come from the Java world. It gives you apps to program and learn new features of the IDE and the iOS SDK chapter by chapter. Very nice! One other issue is the super fast response by the authors. I had a problem with the code and received an answer that really helped me within few hours!
So if know programming (in other languages) and just want to start right away with iPhone programming, this book is for you!
Outstanding Resource on iPhone App Development!June 20, 2010 A. Milstead 3 out of 3 found this review helpful
After buying several rather unimpressive iPhone development texts, I finally purchased this one via Amazon. This book is a SPECTACULAR example of what a programming book should be. Apple has done a terrific job with Xcode, Obj-C and Cocoa but these are very complex technologies. There are countless APIs and frameworks available to the developer which can result in even experienced programmers feeling lost and confused. This text does a great job of helping a new iPhone developer get started making apps. The book does several things well which deserve special mention:
1) It guides you through writing code that basically amounts to skeletal apps that, when fleshed out, would be quite suitable for inclusion in the App store. So many books provide code examples that are useless fragments. With some programming languages this is fine. However, with Obj-C, Xcode and Interface Builder it is ESSENTIAL to understand the overall structure of your program. The authors of this text have done a great job with communicating how these complex structures work.
2) Even though the focus is on programming, the book still takes time to discuss in detail the process for getting an app accepted into the App store. Most books either neglect this business aspect of the app development process entirely... or focus on it excessively. This book deals with the business aspect of development thoroughly without neglecting its main objective of teaching programmers how to write apps for iPhone.
3) The code examples in this text are commented amazingly well. This is quite possibly the strongest feature of the book. In many cases I have been able to understand entire, lengthy sections of code using the comments alone. The fact that line numbers accompany the code is also a very handy feature that used to be standard in programming texts.
4) If the comments aren't enough, you'll find the actual follow-up explanation of the code to be very useful. The authors are brief and to the point but always thorough.
The above points highlight the positive aspects of this book. What about the negative? Well, I have not found anything in the text particularly troubling or annoying but I offer the following advice to would-be buyers of this text:
1) Understand the title of this text is: "iPhone for PROGRAMMERS". That is not a joke. If you have never programmed in your life and have recently decided "I want to make iPhone apps!", this book is NOT the place to start. You at LEAST need a basic understanding of a C-based language in order to easily follow this text.
2) This book REQUIRES that you PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT YOU ARE READING. This is crucial. Each chapter builds on the previous one and you are expected to retain what you learn in previous chapters. These authors are very efficient. You will not find comments such as: "How do you feel now? You deserve a break!" or any other such nonsense which has unfortunately contaminated so many instructional texts on the market today. This is by no means a negative and I quite appreciate the authors taking me serious as a reader. Still, if you insist on having your hand held through every detail and lots of redundant material, you might prefer to look elsewhere.
In summary, this book is outstanding. If you are serious about developing apps and have even an elementary grasp on the basics of software design you'll greatly enjoy "iPhone for Programmers: An App-Driven Approach". The text is thorough, concise and clear. Remarkably, these authors have written a book that is enormously helpful and instructive... WITHOUT insulting your intelligence. HIGHLY recommended.
Impossible task of iPhone programing made easy with DeitelJune 16, 2010 Ken Holden 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Deitel makes app development easy!!! I am a 15 year old student and I have enjoyed this book. I highly recommend this book!!! If you are interested in any type of iphone development you defiantly need to read this book!
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