Beginning iOS 5 Development: Exploring the iOS SDK [Paperback]

Product Details

• Paperback: 752 pages
• Publisher: Apress; 1 edition (December 7, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1430236051
• ISBN-13: 978-1430236054
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.5 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  

By : David Mark (Author), Jack Nutting
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Customer Reviews

I have bought several Objective C ; IOS development guides trying to get an understanding of development on the Mac ; iPhone. None of the books would guide you properly and did not contain useful exercises and examples.
I bought the Kindle addition of this book and have not put it down. I am dragging My MacBook Pro everywhere and reading/programming in all of my spare time. The IOS 4 guides I purchased appeared to be more of an introduction to added functionality within the release.
The Objective C books end up having you run programs on the command line. The integration was missing.
This book is different. I have been a programmer for years but not a "C" programmer and not a Mac programmer. I work on Linux clusters and the like. a lot of scripting.
This book starts out telling you that it is not intended to teach you C. The exercises and chapters walk you through the entire IOS 5 X-code IDE and explain how to use the system in a progressional way. I am being taught how to use the IDE and develop useful code that is helping me understand how I need to setup and integrate all the pieces of an IOS application.
I highly recommend this book

I can describe this book with a single word. Fantastic!
As some of the other reviewers mentioned, not having knowledge of Objective C can make following this book somewhat challenging. Not having any programming knowledge makes reading this book pointless. Having some knowledge of objective C is a must to fully reap the benefits of this book. As a background, my only programming knowledge before starting this upward (and somewhat steep) journey came from C which I learned over 10 years ago. I read two objective C primer books (and to save any beginners the trial and error of deciding, I would suggest Objective C programming: The big Nerds guide, followed by Programming in objective C 4th ed by Kochan). However reading the first one should be enough to get started with this fantastic book.
This book takes you up a steep hill using a "stairs" approach. Every step feels almost effortless as you move forward. The teaching style is very clear and does not assume prior knowledge of a subject, despite the fact that they explained that subject few chapters back. The exercises are very practical and they keep it simple and clear.
I highly recommend this book as a foundation laying book for beginning app development.
P.S. I purchased the Kindle edition of this book.

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