Publisher: O'Reilly Media Released: May 2011 Pages: 834
Get a solid grounding in all the fundamentals of Cocoa Touch, and avoid problems during iPhone and iPad app development. With Programming iOS 4, you'll dig into Cocoa and learn how to work effectively with Objective-C and Xcode. This book covers iOS 4 in a rigorous, orderly fashion—ideal whether you’re approaching iOS for the first time or need a reference to bolster existing skills. - Learn Objective-C language details and object-oriented programming concepts
- Understand the anatomy of an Xcode project and all the stages of its lifecycle
- Grasp key Cocoa concepts such as relationships between classes, receiving events, and model-view-controller architecture
- Know how views are managed, drawn, composited, and animated
- Delve into Cocoa frameworks for sound, video, sensors, maps, and more
- Touch on advanced topics such as threading and networking
- Obtain a thorough grounding for exploring advanced iOS features on your own
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- Title:
- Programming iOS 4
- By:
- Matt Neuburg
- Publisher:
- O'Reilly Media
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- Print
- Safari Books Online
- Print:
- May 2011
- Pages:
- 834
- Print ISBN:
- 978-1-4493-8843-0
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- 1-4493-8843-4
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Matt Neuburg Matt Neuburg has a PhD in Classics and has taught at many universities and colleges. He has been programming computers since 1968. He has written applications for Mac OS X and iOS, is a former editor of MacTech Magazine, and is a long-standing contributing editor for TidBITS. His previous O'Reilly books are Frontier: The Definitive Guide, REALbasic: The Definitive Guide, and AppleScript: The Definitive Guide. He makes a living writing books, articles, and software documentation, as well as by programming, consulting, and training. View Matt Neuburg's full profile page. |
Colophon The animal on the cover of Programming iOS 4 is a kingbird, one of the 13 species of North American songbirds making up the genus Tyrannus. A group of kingbirds is called a “coronation,” a “court,” or a “tyranny.” Kingbirds eat insects, which they often catch in flight, swooping from a perch to grab the insect midair. They may also supplement their diets with berries and fruits. They have long, pointed wings, and males perform elaborate aerial courtship displays. Both the genus name (meaning “tyrant” or “despot”) and the common name (“kingbird”) refer to these birds’ aggressive defense of their territories, breeding areas, and mates. They have been documented attacking red-tailed hawks (which are more than twenty times their size), knocking bluejays out of trees, and driving away crows and ravens. (For its habit of standing up to much larger birds, the gray kingbird has been adopted as a Puerto Rican nationalist symbol.) “Kingbird” most often refers to the Eastern kingbird (T. tyrannus), an average-size kingbird (7.5–9 inches long, wingspan 13–15 inches) found all across North America. This common and widespread bird has a dark head and back, with a white throat, chest, and belly. Its red crown patch is rarely seen. Its high-pitched, buzzing, stuttering sounds have been described as resembling “sparks jumping between wires” or an electric fence. The cover image is from Cassell’s Natural History. The cover font is Adobe ITC Garamond. The text font is Linotype Birka; the heading font is Adobe Myriad Condensed; and the code font is LucasFont’s TheSansMonoCondensed. |
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Customer Reviews

3/11/2012 3.0Good compliment to your library By Rich Briere from Des Moines, Iowa - Accurate
- Easy to understand
- Helpful examples
10/15/2011 (1 of 1 customers found this review helpful) 4.0Good primer for experienced programmer 9/6/2011 (0 of 5 customers found this review helpful) 8/18/2011 (4 of 5 customers found this review helpful) 3.0Brilliant author, mediocre book By Ash from London, UK About Me Developer, Educator, Maker - Boring
- Difficult to understand
- Impractical
- Not comprehensive enough
- Too basic
8/4/2011 4.0My 1st iOS Programming Book By Gil from Rochester, NY About Me Designer, Developer - Comprehensive
- Easy to understand
- Well-written
7/7/2011 (3 of 4 customers found this review helpful) By broomburgo from Rome, Italy - Accurate
- Concise
- Helpful examples
- Well-written
- Difficult to understand
- Not for absolute beginner
- Expert
- Intermediate
- Student
7/3/2011 (7 of 9 customers found this review helpful) 2.0Disappointing, hard to read. 6/25/2011 (2 of 3 customers found this review helpful) 2.0I expected more from O'Reilly book By Radster from Silicon Valley, CA - Not comprehensive enough
- Poor coding examples
- Too basic
6/7/2011 (1 of 2 customers found this review helpful) 5.0Best iOS programming books I've read By U-Zyn Chua from Singapore About Me Developer, Sys Admin - Accurate
- Easy to understand
- Well-written
- Lengthy
- No downloadable code
- Intermediate
- Novice
- Student
5/29/2011 (3 of 3 customers found this review helpful) 5.0The definitive guide to programming iOS4 By Leo of BORG from Carmel, CA About Me Developer, Sys Admin - Accurate
- Concise
- Easy to understand
- Helpful examples
- Lots of 'Gotchas'
- Well-written
- Expert
- Intermediate
- Student
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Merchant response: Thank you for your review. I'm sorry that the book you received had undersized figures. We became aware of this problem after the book was in print, and have corrected it in the August 26th reprinting.
When the author became aware of the problem, he posted full-sized images to his github repository, which you can find here:
https://github.com/mattneub/Programming-iOS-4-Book-Examples/tree/master/screenshots
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