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iOS in Practice: Includes 98 Techniques
Summary iOS in Practice is a hands-on guide with 98 specific techniques to help solve the specific problems you'll encounter over and over as you work on your iPhone and iPad apps. You'll dig into the practical nuts and bolts of applying views, view controllers, table views and cells, audio, images, graphics, file structure—and more. Examples written for iOS 6. About this Book When you are building an iOS app, you want more than basic concepts—you want real answers to practical problems. You want iOS in Practice.
This book distills the hard-won experience of iOS developer Bear Cahill into 98 specific iOS techniques on key topics including managing data, using media, location awareness, and many more. And the sample apps are wonderful! As you pull them apart, you'll see two experienced app development and creative design savvy in action. Purchase of the print book comes with an offer of a free PDF, ePub, and Kindle eBook from Manning. Also available is all code from the book. What's Inside Written for readers who know the basics of Objective-C and are interested in practical app development. Table of Contents
This book distills the hard-won experience of iOS developer Bear Cahill into 98 specific iOS techniques on key topics including managing data, using media, location awareness, and many more. And the sample apps are wonderful! As you pull them apart, you'll see two experienced app development and creative design savvy in action. Purchase of the print book comes with an offer of a free PDF, ePub, and Kindle eBook from Manning. Also available is all code from the book. What's Inside Written for readers who know the basics of Objective-C and are interested in practical app development. Table of Contents
304 pages, Paperback
First published October 28, 2012
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June 16, 2013
I'm reading an early access version, so some of these issues may be fixed.
I have difficulty following the chapters, sometimes because Xcode has changed since the writing, sometimes because steps are omitted. In one case, I was asked to select a file that was never created. This type of issue is a huge block to learning and pacing. I had to stop, re-read portions hoping to find the omission. Finally, I either guessed or searched online for answers.
The chapters each describe some number of techniques. Each technique has PSD (problem, solution, discussion) sections. The PSD sections are forced, as if the author needed to increase word count. Each technique relies so heavily on the previous discussion, that they cannot stand alone as learnable techniques. Instead, they work simply as steps for the app-at-hand, and hopefully you have inferred some general knowledge along the way.
I have difficulty following the chapters, sometimes because Xcode has changed since the writing, sometimes because steps are omitted. In one case, I was asked to select a file that was never created. This type of issue is a huge block to learning and pacing. I had to stop, re-read portions hoping to find the omission. Finally, I either guessed or searched online for answers.
The chapters each describe some number of techniques. Each technique has PSD (problem, solution, discussion) sections. The PSD sections are forced, as if the author needed to increase word count. Each technique relies so heavily on the previous discussion, that they cannot stand alone as learnable techniques. Instead, they work simply as steps for the app-at-hand, and hopefully you have inferred some general knowledge along the way.
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