Comments about O'Reilly Media Head First iPhone Development:

I went through the book and all its examples in about three weeks. This was almost two years ago. I thought the examples were done and relavent. I enjoyed this book and wanted to finish it. I've recommend this book to several people and used it as a reference since. It was perfect at teaching without being a boring reference book like sooooo many computer books end up being.

Comments about O'Reilly Media Head First iPhone Development:

If you are looking for a starter book, this is the one.

Comments about O'Reilly Media Head First iPhone Development:

Good totally understandable
first book i've bought, and I've bought a lot, that actually allowed me to write a useful program. Directions were given without making it too complicated. Other books try to show how smart THEY are and forget us beginners.

Bad a little disjointed and broken up code wise!

Comments about O'Reilly Media Head First iPhone Development:

I agree with many of the other reviews.

I am a long-time programmer and have done some programming in C languages, but not enough to have a working knowledge of general syntax.

The style of this book, trying to use a lot of pictures and entertaining techniques to make the concepts stick, is very well-done. I find the book entertaining and not boring like some others.

However, without a very experienced knowledge of C, and with several errata throughout the book with the C code, and no clues on what to do when your code doesn't work or compile the way it was supposed to, I am getting frustrated before even finishing chapter 2.

Another reviewer said to get your skill level for C languages up to scratch before using this book, but I feel that once you had done that, this book would seem rather simplistic, and wouldn't be that useful.

In short, it sort of doesn't have an appropriate audience.

Comments about O'Reilly Media Head First iPhone Development:

This book is for you if you already are comfortable with OO development, and MVC would help.

It's a demanding book, in that it expects you to do the exercises and use your brain. If you do then it's very rewarding.

Particularly like the way the Head First series attacks problems from several angles at once - not repetitious, but reinforcing. Also it encourages you not to just kid yourself that you've understood just because you could get the examples to work!

Drawbacks:
1) It was perfect for what I wanted, but if you're looking to code games using Quartz or OpenGL then this is not the right book.
2) Needs proofreading / spell-checking. I've seen this with a few other O'Reilly books.

Quick suggestion:
The 'There are no stupid questions' section at the end of each chapter could be mirrored on the website so that your own stupid questions can be added and discussed in that same chapter structure.

Comments about O'Reilly Media Head First iPhone Development:

After having used the Headfirst C# book with a lot of good results and pretty cool programming experiences, I decided I wanted to take a crack at iPhone development. I find the whole Headfirst series to be pretty well done. But even with past programming experience, I am ready to throw in the towel on this book. I assumed that the book would be able to bring me up to speed on the Apple tools and Objective C. I was only half right. The tools are explained very well, but the Objective-C part is a mess. I was quickly left behind, even after multiple readings. The problem is that the book launches right into the development of applications without adequately going over the source code itself. I'm sorry, but I'm lost, dazed and confused. If you know Objective C from another life, such as previous MAC development, go for it. But if Objective C is new to you, read another Objective C book first before plunging in to this one.

Comments about O'Reilly Media Head First iPhone Development:

This is an excellent introduction to iPhone development, including Xcode and Objective-C. Like the other "Head First" books, this book takes a step-by-step approach to development, providing lots of examples and samples to help the reader along.

The book actually steps the reader through building a couple of sample applications. These applications start our small and simple, but become increasingly more complex as each chapter progresses. By the end of the book, you've actually built some pretty sophisticated iPhone applications. You'll also get experience using a number of built-in iPhone functionality, including the GPS and phone.

There are a few things the book doesn't cover, including using a built-in web browser and the accelerometer. Additionally, if you're interested in submitting an app to the AppStore, you'll be on your own, as the book ends right at that point.

However, aside from those few issues, this book will put you well on your way to developing iPhone applications. After just a few chapters, I had enough knowledge and experience to develop my own iPhone app. I'd recommend this book as a good introduction to iPhone programming.

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I like the Head First style of description and hand-written notes although the text jumped from simple description to more advanced concepts and back. Save yourself some time - the printed version has many frustrating code inaccuracies - load the examples (which work correctly) from their site[@]