Beginning iPhone 3 Development: Exploring the iPhone SDK

by Dave Mark

Updated and revised for iPhone SDK 3, many of the discussions in the original book have been clarified to make some of the more complex topics easier to understand. In addition, all of the projects have been rebuilt from scratch using the SDK 3 templates.

Assuming only a minimal working knowledge of Objective-C, and written in a friendly, easy-to-follow style, this book offers a complete soup-to-nuts course in iPhone and iPod touch programming.

Genres: Programming, Reference, Computers, Technology

584 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 12, 2009

Reviews

[Jon · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like this book a lot. The pace is great for beginners and the examples are clearly explained. They could probably do a little more with illustrations/screenshots with respect to interface builder. However after a while (by about chapter 6) it becomes clearer what you are supposed to do.

I'd say you need a good background in some other object oriented language before this book though. As someone pointed out, it doesn't cover the M part of MVC a whole lot.

[DWRL Library · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book walks readers through the hows, whys and how nots of iPhone app development. Beginners will need to read up on the basics of Objective-C before they can jump into to the well-written, well-organized guide. Some argue a few pertinent topics are missing, but that might be a secondary concern for those who want the most recent edition (iPhone 3, available now) or the soon-to-be most recent edition (iPhone 4, available for pre-order).

[Niran Pravithana · Rating 2 out of 5]

-Good coverage
-Lack of visualisation
-(As a beginning book) Lack of advance functionality like networking, XML programming
-No example on M (Model) in MVC

[Josh Brown · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a good intro to iPhone development - I learned a lot of the basics, like setting up the app, using multiple views and view controllers, and interacting with buttons and pickers.

[Matteo Tomasulo · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not always clear. Anyway one of the best book to introduce iPhone development.

Recommended Objective-C knowledge before start reading.

[Zach Moazeni]

Very well written. It's probably out of date at this time (with iOS5 now). But at the time, this was a great resource.