iPhone for Programmers: An App-Driven Approach (Deitel Developer Series) Review
In the process of learning a new computer language or software development environment, I have found that multiple books are needed, each with a different focus: a good intro book with simple examples (Beginning iPhone 3 Development), a great language reference book (Programming in Objective-C), and a first-class advanced applications/topics book. This book, iPhone for Programmers: An App-Driven Approach, is the first-class advanced applications/topics book in my set.
Chapter 2 describes the process that follows the design step for an app: testing the app on an iPhone/Touch device, preparation for submission, pricing, managing, and marketing your newly created app. Chapter 2 lists common characteristics of great iPhone/Touch apps. Some of the reasons that may cause an app to be rejected by Apple are also described. Chapter 2 is a much appreciated chapter and a rare topic for an application programming book.
For the next fourteen chapters, example apps are provided; one per chapter. The apps look good enough to be listed on the app store. Each of the chapters follows a consistent organizational structure: Introduction, Test-driving the App, Overview of the Technologies, Building the App, and Wrap-up.
On the page just before the Table of Contents is a listing of the topics available at the resource center on the authors' website. The resource center is an extensive collection of well-organized current information about computer languages, internet business, open source, programming, and web2.0. This is definitely not your typical book-support website.
Although I am still working my way through the last few chapters, I am pleased with the depth of technical material and the variety of real application examples. After learning the basics, nothing beats further learning than developing, compiling and debugging your own code to create your own software application. It is also the most humbling part of the learning process. Dare to dream...
iPhone for Programmers: An App-Driven Approach (Deitel Developer Series) Features
- ISBN13: 9780137058426
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Overviews
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®
• Collections, GUI, Event Handling
• Controllers, Application Templates
• UIView, Multi-Touch™
• Core Audio, Core Animation, NSTimer
• Tables, UINavigationController
• Map Kit, Core Location, GPS, Compass
• Photos, iPod Library Access
• Serialization
Customer Review
Heavily annotated code, no fluff - Peter J. Neame - Tampa, FL
This is not a book for beginners - there isn't much about C-programming, or even about cocoa programming as such. You are expected to have a reasonable grasp of OOP, dot-notation and square brackets and all. What there is is very detailed annotated code for applications that you might actually use. Perhaps the code is over-annotated for some, but I found it very helpful to have a detailed, line-by-line description for those "what's going on here" moments. And in the body of the text, there is a further description of what and why.
A great book that seems to have given me enough "Aha!" moments to make me feel confident of producing something useful.
My only quibble would be that some flow diagrams would have helped. However, given the "style" of the code, which doesn't use interface builder very much, if at all, it's fairly straightforward to build your own diagrams. It is a matter of personal preference as to whether interface builder should be used or whether it's better to wire an application up in code - both may "break" with Apple upgrades/changes, so it is important to understand both approaches. And you can always get a diagram in Xcode.
Strongly recommended.
Iphone for programmers: App Driven Approach - E. Tompkins - Flroida
Excellent book for learning to program iphone apps. complete source code to 14 great apps. This book has a little bit of everything, with knowledge gained you should have no trouble creating a great app for iphone. I also liked that the author responded to emails when i had a problem, that was a huge plus in my book!!
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