iPhone Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide (Big Nerd Ranch Guides)

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I marvel at the writers' abilities to take a complicated subject area and parse it in a manner which benefits both beginning and advanced programmers. I've gotten most of the other popular iPhone development books and found that they made minimal effort to predict readers' questions. It's like a plate of bad food from a deaf chef. This book, on the other hand, goes completely in the other direction and answers the questions that pop up into my head and, more importantly, they kick in a little challenge along the way that rivals an in-person classroom experience. I've also read their Mac OS X titles, and they have clearly improved their editing. This book is professional and the best there is out there. Just because the App Store is getting close to having a gazillion titles doesn't mean that writing iPhone apps is easy. If you want to write something which peaks above the baseline of uselessness and silliness, then this book is the only way to go. Bravo! Where's the sequel already :-) ?


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iPhone Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide (Big Nerd Ranch Guides) Overviews

Written by the trainers at the Big Nerd Ranch, the worldwide leader in professional training for Mac developers, this book provides a hands-on guide to learning how to program for the iPhone and iPod touch. Coverage includes

• An overview of Objective-C, the core language you’ll use to program for the iPhone
• An overview of the Xcode Tools
• How to work with the iPhone SDK’s UIKit framework and Cocoa Touch
• Build apps that use MapKit and CoreLocation, as well as the magnetometer
• Dive into animation and effects, using Core Animation and OpenGL ES

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Customer Review

Top of the Heap - Joshua Paul - Los Angeles, CA
If you plan on picking up a book about iPhone programming, you've found the right one.

I have a *ton* of iPhone books (and programming books, in general), and this sits at the top of the heap. The book is easy to read and understand, and the code provided is reusable (bonus!). It's obvious the material is derived from an experienced team.

Ultimately I've found that I can "trust" the problems/solutions laid out in the book, since it's coming from The Big Nerd Ranch (search for it if you're not familiar).

5+ stars.

My 3 book recommendation for iPhone:
1) iPhone Programming (this book)
2) Programming in Objective-C (Kochan)
3) Cocoa Design Patterns (Buck, Yacktman)

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