Sams Teach Yourself iPhone Application Development in 24 Hours - , Sean Johnson

A comprehensive tutorial for developers interested in writing software for iPhone, iTouch, and the App Store. This manual serves as a start-to-finish, hands-on introduction to iPhone programming, suitable for developers of all experience levels. It covers the iPhone development environment and essential Objective-C concepts with fully-documented, carefully-explained code. The tutorial package includes step-by-step instructions, examples, Q and As, quizzes, exercises, tips, shortcuts, and more.

• Introduces the iPhone development environment and teaches every essential Objective-C concept with fully-documented, carefully-explained code.
• A complete tutorial package: step-by-step instructions, examples, Q and As, quizzes, exercises, tips, shortcuts, and more.

iPhone is a thriving application market, with over 500,000 developers accessing Apple's iPhone software development kit in just one year. This guide, titled "Sams Teach Yourself iPhone Application Development in 24 Hours," is designed to help beginning iPhone and mobile developers gain mastery in just 24 lessons of one hour or less. The coverage includes preparing for iPhone development, navigating the development environment, mastering Objective-C and the MVC paradigm, using widgets and webviews, implementing multiple views, reading and writing data, building user interfaces, generating graphics, playing media, using maps, networking, using the touch interface, sensing motion, pushing application updates, debugging, optimization, and distributing software via the App Store. The authors, John Ray and Sean Johnson, provide a comprehensive resource that equips developers to write real-world apps for the iPhone.

• Preparing for iPhone development
• Navigating the development environment
• Mastering Objective-C and the MVC paradigm
• Using widgets and webviews
• Implementing multiple views
• Reading and writing data
• Building user interfaces
• Generating graphics
• Playing media
• Using maps
• Networking
• Using the touch interface
• Sensing motion
• Pushing application updates
• Debugging
• Optimization
• Distributing software via the App Store

Published by Sams Publishing in 2009, this manual is an invaluable resource for both professional mechanics and DIY enthusiasts looking to delve into iPhone application development.