Please note that there is now an iPhone 3 edition of this title available! Are you a programmer looking for a new challenge? Does the thought of building your very own iPhone app make your heart race and your pulse quicken? If so, then Beginning iPhone Development is just the book for you. Assuming only a minimal working knowledge of Objective-C, and written in a friendly, easy-to-follow style, Beginning iPhone Development offers a complete soup-to-nuts course in iPhone and iPod Touch programming. The book starts with the basics, walking you through the process of downloading and installing Apple’s free iPhone SDK, then stepping you though the creation of your first simple iPhone application. You’ll move on from there, mastering all the iPhone interface elements that you’ve come to know and love, such as buttons, switches, pickers, toolbars, sliders, etc. You’ll master a variety of design patterns, from the simplest single view to complex hierarchical drill-downs (more…)
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September 9th, 2009 at 8:18 pm
4.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent book for the beginner
I found this book an easy read. I started at the beginning and did each tutorial in turn. At first is seems intimidating as there is so much to learn.
September 9th, 2009 at 8:18 pm
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great for starting Iphone development
This is a great book for starting iPhone Development. I liked the style and examples, it makes learning and following along easy.
September 9th, 2009 at 8:18 pm
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Best Book for Beginning iPhone Development
There are so many lousy books on Iphone out (Because it’s still pretty new), it’s great to find a book like this. This is an excellent book for getting started.
September 9th, 2009 at 8:18 pm
5.0 out of 5 stars
A great starting point
I like so many others am just starting out with iPhone Development and coming from a windows dev background for the past 15 yrs I found this book a great starting point…
September 9th, 2009 at 8:18 pm
4.0 out of 5 stars
The good and the bad
I am at chapter 5, and I am loving this book. First off, I am not a programmer. I have bought may programing books trying to learn, but I am an artist, so this stuff does not come…
September 9th, 2009 at 8:18 pm
5.0 out of 5 stars
Awesome book but wait for 3.0 edition
Great book, but next edition covers SDK 3.0 and includes corrections. The eBook is already out, the paperback is coming early July 2009.
September 9th, 2009 at 8:18 pm
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent introduction, gets you up to speed quickly.
I picked up this book after learning certain areas of the iPhone SDK from reading the documentation and working on an iPhone project for some time.
September 9th, 2009 at 8:18 pm
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great book for getting started
This is a great book for getting started with iPhone development. (NOTE: If you don’t already know Objective-C programming you should first read through a different book.
September 9th, 2009 at 8:18 pm
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best book to learn iPhone development
I have all the books on iPhone development plus every bit of video, documentation and sample code, and out of all that I can tell you that if you want to follow a “path of least…
September 9th, 2009 at 8:18 pm
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good for a non-Apple person
So far, I’ve found this book to be just the ticket in understanding how to program for the iPhone. I’ve got plenty of development experience in a variety of languages (primarily…