Beginning iPhone 4 Development: Exploring the iOS SDK [Paperback]

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Product Details

Paperback: 676 pages
Publisher: Apress; 1 edition (January 28, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 143023024X
ISBN-13: 978-1430230243
Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.5 x 1.4 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)

By : David Mark (Author), Jack Nutting
List Price : ~~$39.99~~
Price : $23.99
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Customer Reviews

I teach a college iOS development course and this is the book I require students to purchase for that course. I've been using the Beginning iPhone 3 Development book in the past and I'll move on to using this book now. Still the Holy Grail of getting started with iOS development. No better way to get started.
Labs and videos from our course, tries to follow along with the book (rather loosely):
CSSE490 iOS Development course website:
www.rose-hulman.edu/iosprogramming
CSSE490 iOS class videos on iTunes
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No promises that I'll grade your quizzes over the reading. ;)

The Title should include "...for xcode-3"
The book may be great for xcode-3 but it can't be used for xcode-4 there should be a clearly visable diclaimer. If you search for Xcode-4 on Amazon you get this book, which implies its the latest and greatest.
Buried in the discription the write-up says xcode-3 but it's hard for a new user that is "Beginning iPhone 4 Development" to notice the difference. The screen-shots are totally different: unfortunately the text references the screenshots throughout making it unusable.
If you are a new developer and using Apple's new tool DON'T buy this book...it will only confuse you.