iOS Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide / Edition 3

by Joe Conway, Aaron Hillegass

Overview

In this book, the world's leading Apple platform development trainers offer a complete, practical, hands-on introduction to iPhone and iPad programming. The authors walk through all the Apple tools and technologies needed to build successful iPhone/iPad/iPod touch Apps, including the iOS 5 SDK, the Objective-C language, Xcode 4.2 tools, Foundation framework, and the classes that make up the iPhone UI framework. The many topics covered in this book include: " Easily setting up elegant, efficient user interfaces with UIKit " Creating effective visuals, animation, and effects with Core Graphics, Core Animation, and OpenGL " Making the most of the iPhone's powerful multi-touch event handling " Building location-aware iPhone applications utilizing Core Location, MapKit, and the magnetometer " Localizing applications for international use " Creating applications that capture audio and play media " Storing data in files or SQLite databases This title is a bestselling title in the new Big Nerd Ranch Press series: the world's best books on Mac and iOS development, straight from the world's #1 Mac programming trainers - Aaron Hillegass and Big Nerd Ranch!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780321821522
Publisher:	Big Nerd Ranch Guides
Publication date:	04/05/2012
Series:	Big Nerd Ranch Guides Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	590
Sales rank:	338,477
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 1.50(d)

About the Author

Joe Conway is the senior iOS instructor at Big Nerd Ranch and has been consulting on the iOS platform since its creation. A graduate of the University of Wisconsin, he has been writing Objective-C and Cocoa code since the dawn of OS X. Joe wrote the materials for the exceptionally popular Big Nerd Ranch iOS Bootcamp course, on which this book is based.

Aaron Hillegass, a former employee of NeXT and Apple, has nearly two decades experience programming and teaching Objective-C, Cocoa, and more recently, iOS. In 2001, Aaron founded Big Nerd Ranch and began developing intensive courses that teach programming in a focused, distraction-free environment. Aaron is also the author of Objective-C Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide and Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X.

Table of Contents

Introduction Chapter 1: A Simple iOS Application Chapter 2: Objective-C Chapter 3: Memory Management Chapter 4: Delegation and Core Location Chapter 5: Map Kit and Text input Chapter 6: Subclassing UIView Chapter 7: View Controllers Chapter 8: The Accelerometer Chapter 9: Notification and Rotation Chapter 10: UITableView and UITableViewController Chapter 11: Editing UITableView Chapter 12: UINavigationController Chapter 13: Camera Chapter 14: UIPopoverController and Modal View Controllers Chapter 15: Saving, Loading, and Multitasking Chapter 16: Subclassing UITableViewCell Chapter 17: Core Data Chapter 18: Localization Chapter 19: Settings Chapter 20: Touch Events and UIResponder Chapter 21: Instruments Chapter 22: Core Animation Layer Chapter 23: Controlling Animation with CAAnimation Chapter 24: Blocks and Categories Chapter 25: Web Services and UIWebView Chapter 26: UISplitViewController Chapter 27: Media Playback and Background Execution Chapter 28: Bonjour and Web Servers Chapter 29: Push Notifications and Networking Chapter 30: Afterword

Editorial Reviews

"Pick up this book and turn yourself into an iPhone developer."
— Dietrich Kappe, CTO Pathfinder Development

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