iPhone and iPad Apps for Absolute Beginners (Getting Started) |  | Author: Rory Lewis
Publisher: Apress
Category: Book
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Pages: 336
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Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7.4 x 1
ISBN: 1430227001
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.1
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Product Description
The iPhone is the hottest gadget of our generation, and much of its success has been fueled by the App Store, Apple's online marketplace for iPhone applications. Over 1 billion apps have been downloaded in the 9 months the App Store has been open, ranging from the simplest games to the most complex business apps. Everyone has an idea for the next best-selling iPhone app—presumably that's why you're reading this now. And with the release of the iPad, this demand will just continue to grow. So how do you build an application for the iPhone and iPad? Don't you need to spend years learning complicated programming languages? What about Objective-C, Cocoa Touch, and the SDK? The answer is that you don't need to know any of those things. Anybody can start building simple applications for the iPhone and iPad, and this book will show you how. This book takes you to getting your first applications up and running using plain English and practical examples. It cuts through the fog of jargon and misinformation that surrounds iPhone and iPad application development, and gives you simple, step-by-step instructions to get you started. - Teaches iPhone and iPad application development in language anyone can understand
- Provides simple, step-by-step examples that make learning easy
- Offers videos that enable you to follow along with the author—it's like your own private classroom
What you'll learn - Get both yourself and your computer set up for iPhone and iPad application development.
- Start by making small changes to existing applications to build your knowledge and experience before creating your own applications.
- Follow steps in plain English to build simple apps and get them working immediately.
- Style your application so that it looks good and users can easily navigate through it.
- Make use of the iPhone's touch screen and accelerometer.
- Use shortcuts and cheat sheets to create apps the easy way.
Who this book is forIf you have a great idea for an iPhone or iPad app, but have never programmed before, then this book is for you. You don't need to have any previous computer programming skills—as long as you have a desire to learn, and you know which end of the mouse is which, you'll be fine. Table of ContentsChapter 1: Before We Get Started
Chapter 2: Blast-Off!
Chapter 3: What's Next?
Chapter 4: An Introduction to the Code
Chapter 5: Buttons & Labels with Multiple Graphics
Chapter 6: Switch View with Multiple Graphics
Chapter 7: Dragging, Rotating, and Scaling
Chapter 8: Table Views, Navigation, and Arrays
Chapter 9: MapKit
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 Just what I needed! July 23, 2010
S. Pyle (chicago, il)
15 out of 16 found this review helpful
First, to all the people giving low ratings because of a few typos - Get Over It! Any first printing of a technical book like this will have them, especially when things like the OS, SDK and dev tools are updated all the time. You have to judge the book on it's content, not a few mistakes in printing.
As for the book, this is EXACTLY what I needed. I've never programmed anything before in my life, but like everyone else I want to learn iPhone programming & make a million dollars. :P
I started with a few other "beginning iPhone programming" books and every one of them was way too out of my league. Inevitably the first chapter would say "You need to know Objective-C first...". So I'd grab a book on Objective-C for beginners and that would be over my head & the first chapter of those would say "You need to know C first..." So I'd grab a book on C for beginners. The one thing all of these books had in common was THEY DIDN'T EXPLAIN WHY THINGS WORK. So after reading a couple books on C, a couple on Objective-C, I was still completely lost when I started on the iPhone books.
Then I found this book. It is really the start I needed. Things are explained quite well and I was finally able to actually understand what I was doing, not just memorizing code. When learning something this foreign, it is much more helpful to have it explained thus; "This piece of code controls... and make the program do this..." or "This bit of code makes... happen because...". Analogies are used in a terrific way so you can understand the mechanics behind it all.
To use an analogy, if you never worked on a car engine,it would be far more helpful if someone explained what a spark-plug does than just telling you you need to have them. That is the kind of teaching Dr. Lewis provides in this book. I can't praise it and thank him enough for writing it & can't wait for more from him.
As for the typos (and there are really only a few), I actually benefited because it gave me a bit of a crash course in debugging and figuring out how things should really work. If you get confused or lost because of them, don't fret it, just come to the forum for this book and one of us will be happy to help out. [...]
If you are like me, "An Absolute Beginner", then you'll be hard pressed to find a better book to get you started. Trust me, I wasted many months trying.
Thank you. Thank YOU Dr. Lewis July 29, 2010
Terry Holmsby
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Before Dr. Lewis came into my life I'd NEVER PROGRAMMED ANYTHING! I bought an iPhone and loved it, so I bought a Mac, then an iPad, then I thought: "Hey I'd like to program!" BUT after trying 3 books aimed at beginners - I felt horribly stupid, depressed and angry.
But then Dr. Lewis came into my life with his fabulous of teaching people like me (I'm not a "dummy" & those books don't work on me) how to program. He knows what to leave out, what to repeat over and over and then ... the unimaginable! I was programming my first iPhone and iPad apps! Now I'm on Chapter 6 looking at his videos while I read along and program with the book and him just like I was in his class. I've been up almost 2 says programming like "A GEEK" as Dr. Lewis says.
Thank you. Thank YOU Dr. Lewis.
PS. Those spelling errors are minor. See the videos here h[...]
Great Introduction to iPhone/iPad Development July 22, 2010
Quark (Houston, TX USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Dr. Lewis writing style is a nice, no-pressure approach to a dry topic. Humor is injected without sacraficing the quality of the content. Of course there are some technical errors occasionally as with any development book. This book in combination with the videos is a wonderful package. I found it to be quite engaging. The videos are a little silly at times, but hey - so what - the content is there and you may, just may, even smile.
I am a Micrisoft Certified Solution Developer and have been developing Microsoft software for over 15 years. I found this book to be a joy to use in transitioning from .NET to Objective-C.
Relax and enjoy the written work and get what you can out the book and videos, it is well worth it.
A new approach to learning! July 22, 2010
Noxidsoft
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
As an advanced programmer already; always willing to take the humble start-up process and on the lookout for an introductory tuition into the world of Apple/Mac technologies, I have found that the 'iPhone and iPad Apps for Absolute Beginners (Getting Started)' is an excellent resource for newbie's wanting to increase their skill portfolio.
I am fascinated with the way my 4 & 7 year old plays with the iPhone with ease and this book fulfills my need to learn the interface genius of iPhone/iPad with the ability to reproduce scalable applications. Rory Lewis (Genius, maybe) is a perfect match for the genre and mind-set of the applications that are possible through his teaching methodology, both modern and usable.
I recommend this book for both new and seasoned programmers who want to expand into an exciting market place for business purposes, for academic pursuit or purely for fun.
Noel M Dixon (Director)
Noxidsoft - Design * Develop * Deploy
Best beginner's book July 23, 2010
R. Neufeld
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I started with several 'beginner' books for the making iPhone apps - this was the only one to make any sense. The author includes screencasts of each app, which was invaluable when I was stuck, or couldn't understand why something wouldn't work. If you're a newbie, this is the only intro book that's worth buying.
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