iPhone and iPad Apps for Absolute Beginners
by Rory Lewis
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Author: Rory LewisEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2010-06-07
ISBN: 1430227001
Number of pages: 336
Publisher: Apress
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Book Review: Superb book; well worth my time and money
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm coming from a Flash environment and had never really thought about writing Apple apps. However, after being smitten with the iPad I wanted to learn more.
I've seen quite a few of Apple's (excellent) videos on iPhone dev, and viewed a number of iTunesU videos on iPhone dev -- so I'm not an absolute beginner. But none of those resources explained simply and clearly what a *pointer is -- Rory Lewis covers it in Chapter 5.
Lewis seems to relish teaching, and his examples are simple, enjoyable, and well-explained.
Okay, sometimes he says, "Just note this, but we'll come back to it later..." From my background in teaching and education, that's often the sign of a superb instructor, and Lewis does a terrific job of helping learners focus on trees (and not get overwhelmed by the forest, nor immersed in the swampy details).
He focuses on key ideas, then fills in the details later -- often AFTER you've completed a simple app, he'll 'Dig Down' into the details at the end of each chapter, so you get a much better grasp of why things work the way that they do.
I'd recommend buying the book, working through each chapter multiple times (they're simple, fun, and reviewing each app has helped me better understand what's really going on in the Interface Builder, or each specific class in an app). I also found his videos with screen captures extremely helpful, and enjoyable -- it's a nice way to double-check that you are proceeding correctly through each step in an example.
Although I'm not an 'absolute' beginner, I didn't feel confident moving forward with apps because I really didn't understand each part of the code. After working my way through most of Lewis's book, I'm more confident and find my brain burbling with all kinds of ideas -- for me, this book has been a real idea generator!
I own many, many computer manuals and I'd definitely put this book in the top 10%.
It's witty, the instructions are very clear, the analogies are enormously helpful, and the material covered was 'just the right amount' -- this book won't take you months to get through; you really get to cover a lot of territory in a relatively short time.
I'd strongly advise other readers to repeat each example multiple times; you'll probably find yourself surprised to see how much detail begins to make sense the fourth or fifth time you practice.
(Finally, I agree with other reviewers that typos on a first edition are simply the way of the world; the APress team really deserves credit on this book: the scope, the topics covered, the clarity, the level of detail, the clear chronology, the quality of explanations and analogies are superb.)
Summary of iPhone and iPad Apps for Absolute Beginners
The iPhone is the hottest gadget of our generation, and much of its success has been fueled by the App Store, Apple?s online marketplace for iPhone applications. Over 1 billion apps have been downloaded in the 9 months the App Store has been open, ranging from the simplest games to the most complex business apps. Everyone has an idea for the next best-selling iPhone app?presumably that?s why you?re reading this now. And with the release of the iPad, this demand will just continue to grow.
So how do you build an application for the iPhone and iPad? Don?t you need to spend years learning complicated programming languages? What about Objective-C, Cocoa Touch, and the software development kit (SDK)? The answer is that you don?t need to know any of those things. Anybody can start building simple applications for the iPhone and iPad, and this book will show you how.
This book takes you to getting your first applications up and running using plain English and practical examples. It cuts through the fog of jargon and misinformation that surrounds iPhone and iPad application development, and gives you simple, step-by-step instructions to get you started.
- Teaches iPhone and iPad application development in language anyone can understand
- Provides simple, step-by-step examples that make learning easy
- Offers videos that enable you to follow along with the author?it?s like your own private classroom
What you?ll learn
- Get both yourself and your computer set up for iPhone and iPad application development.
- Start by making small changes to existing applications to build your knowledge and experience before creating your own applications.
- Follow steps in plain English to build simple apps and get them working immediately.
- Style your application so that it looks good and users can easily navigate through it.
- Make use of the iPhone?s touch screen and accelerometer.
- Use shortcuts and cheat sheets to create apps the easy way.
Who this book is for
If you have a great idea for an iPhone or iPad app, but have never programmed before, then this book is for you. You don?t need to have any previous computer programming skills?as long as you have a desire to learn, and you know which end of the mouse is which, you?ll be fine.
Table of Contents
- Before We Get Started
- Blast-Off!
- What?s Next?
- An Introduction to the Code
- Buttons & Labels with Multiple Graphics
- Switch View with Multiple Graphics
- Dragging, Rotating, and Scaling
- Table Views, Navigation, and Arrays
- MapKit
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