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iPhone Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide (Big Nerd Ranch Guides) List Price: $49.99 Sale Price: $27.30 Average Rating:

Based on Big Nerd Ranch’s popular iPhone Bootcamp class, iPhone Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide leads you through the essential tools and techniques for developing applications for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. In each chapter, you will learn programming concepts and apply them immediately as you build an application or enhance one from a previous chapter. These applications have been carefully designed and tested to teach the associated concepts and to provide practice working with the standard development tools Xcode, Interface Builder, and Instruments. The guide’s learn-while-doing approach delivers the practical knowledge and experience you need to design and build real-world applications. Here are some of the topics covered:Dynamic interfaces with animationUsing the camera and photo libraryUser location and mapping servicesAccessing accelerometer dataHandling multi-touch gesturesNavigation and tabbed applicationsTables and creating custom rowsMultiple ways of storing and loading data: archiving, Core Data, SQLiteCommunicating with web servicesALocalization/Internationalization "After many 'false starts' with other iPhone development books, these clear and concise tutorials made the concepts gel for me. This book is a definite must have for any budding iPhone developer." –Peter Watling, New Zealand, Developer of BubbleWrap

Programming in Objective-C 2.0 (2nd Edition) List Price: $44.99 Sale Price: $25.68 Average Rating:

THE #1 BESTSELLING BOOK ON OBJECTIVE-C 2.0 Programming in Objective-C 2.0 provides the new programmer a complete, step-by-step introduction to Objective-C, the primary language used to develop applications for the iPhone, iPad, and Mac OS X platforms.   The book does not assume previous experience with either C or object-oriented programming languages, and it includes many detailed, practical examples of how to put Objective-C to use in your everyday iPhone/iPad or Mac OS X programming tasks. A powerful yet simple object-oriented programming language that’s based on the C programming language, Objective-C is widely available not only on OS X and the iPhone/iPad platform but across many operating systems that support the gcc compiler, including Linux, Unix, and Windows systems.   The second edition of this book thoroughly covers the latest version of the language, Objective-C 2.0. And it shows not only how to take advantage of the Foundation framework’s rich built-in library of classes but also how to use the iPhone SDK to develop programs designed for the iPhone/iPad platform.   Table of Contents    1    Introduction Part I: The Objective-C 2.0 Language     2    Programming in Objective-C      3    Classes, Objects, and Methods     4    Data Types and Expressions     5    Program Looping     6    Making Decisions     7    More on Classes     8    Inheritance     9    Polymorphism, Dynamic Typing, and Dynamic Binding   10    More on Variables and Data Types   11    Categories and Protocols   12    The Preprocessor   13    Underlying C Language Features Part II: The Foundation Framework   14    Introduction to the Foundation Framework   15    Numbers, Strings, and Collections   16    Working with Files   17    Memory Management   18    Copying Objects   19    Archiving Part III: Cocoa and the iPhone SDK   20    Introduction to Cocoa    21    Writing iPhone Applications Part IV: Appendixes   A    Glossary   B    Objective-C 2.0 Language Summary   C    Address Book Source Code  D    Resources

Learning iPhone Programming: From Xcode to App Store List Price: $29.99 Sale Price: $18.49 Average Rating:

Get the hands-on experience you need to program for the iPhone and iPod Touch. With this easy-to-follow guide, you'll build several sample applications by learning how to use Xcode tools, the Objective-C programming language, and the core frameworks. Before you know it, you'll not only have the skills to develop your own apps, you'll know how to sail through the process of submitting apps to the iTunes App Store. Whether you're a developer new to Mac programming or an experienced Mac developer ready to tackle the iPhone and iPod Touch, Learning iPhone Programming will give you a head start on building market-ready iPhone apps. Start using Xcode right away, and learn how to work with Interface Builder Take advantage of model-view-controller (MVC) architecture with Objective-C Build a data-entry interface, and learn how to parse and store the data you receive Solve typical problems while building a variety of challenging sample apps Understand the demands and details of App Store and ad hoc distribution Use iPhone's accelerometer, proximity sensor, GPS, digital compass, and camera Integrate your app with iPhone's preference pane, media playback, and more

iPhone 3D Game Programming All In One List Price: $39.99 Sale Price: $22.15 Average Rating:

This is a complete guide to iPhone and iPod Touch game development. Beginning with the basics and ending with a finished game published in the App store this book covers all the fundamentals. The combined strength of Unity and the iPhone development platform are used to full effect allowing even complete novices to create and publish an iPhone game.

iPhone for Programmers: An App-Driven Approach (Deitel Developer Series) List Price: $39.99 Sale Price: $22.35 Average Rating:

The professional programmer’s DEITEL® guide to iPhone app development using iPhone SDK 3.x, Xcode®, Objective-C® and Cocoa®More than 1.5 billion iPhone apps were downloaded from Apple’s App Store in just one year! This book gives you everything you’ll need to start developing great iPhone apps quickly and–once you’ve joined Apple’s fee-based iPhone Developer Program–to get them up and running on the App Store. The book uses an app-driven approach–each new technology is discussed in the context of 14 fully tested iPhone apps (7700 lines of code), complete with syntax shading, code walkthroughs and sample outputs. Apps you’ll develop include:WelcomeSpot-On GameRoute TrackerTip CalculatorCannon Game SlideshowFavorite Twitter® SearchesPainter Voice RecorderFlag Quiz GameAddress BookTwitter® Discount AirfaresBy Chapter 3 you’ll be building apps using Xcode®, Cocoa® and Interface Builder. You’ll learn object-oriented programming in Objective-C® and build apps using the latest iPhone 3.x technologies including the Game Kit, iPod library access and more. iPhone for Programmers include practical, example-rich coverage of: • iPhone SDK 3.x, XCode®, Interface Builder • Object-Oriented Programming in Objective-C® and Cocoa® • Collections, GUI, Event Handling • Controllers, Application Templates • UIView, Multi-Touch™ • Core Audio, Core Animation, NSTimer • Tables, UINavigationController • Map Kit, Core Location, GPS, Compass • Photos, iPod Library Access • Serialization

The iPhone Developer's Cookbook: Building Applications with the iPhone 3.0 SDK (2nd Edition) List Price: $49.99 Sale Price: $29.40 Average Rating:

 “This book would be a bargain at ten times its price! If you are writing iPhone software, it will save you weeks of development time. Erica has included dozens of crisp and clear examples illustrating essential iPhone development techniques and many others that show special effects going way beyond Apple’s official documentation.” –Tim Burks, iPhone Software Developer, TootSweet Software   “Erica Sadun’s technical expertise lives up to the Addison-Wesley name. The iPhone Developer’s Cookbook is a comprehensive walkthrough of iPhone development that will help anyone out, from beginners to more experienced developers. Code samples and screenshots help punctuate the numerous tips and tricks in this book.” –Jacqui Cheng, Associate Editor, Ars Technica   “We make our living writing this stuff and yet I am humbled by Erica’s command of her subject matter and the way she presents the material: pleasantly informal, then very appropriately detailed technically. This is a going to be the Petzold book for iPhone developers.” –Daniel Pasco, Lead Developer and CEO, Black Pixel Luminance   “The iPhone Developer’s Cookbook should be the first resource for the beginning iPhone programmer, and is the best supplemental material to Apple’s own documentation.” –Alex C. Schaefer, Lead Programmer, ApolloIM, iPhone Application Development Specialist, MeLLmo, Inc.   “Erica’s book is a truly great resource for Cocoa Touch developers. This book goes far beyond the documentation on Apple’s Web site, and she includes methods that give the developer a deeper understanding of the iPhone OS, by letting them glimpse at what’s going on behind the scenes on this incredible mobile platform.” –John Zorko, Sr. Software Engineer, Mobile Devices   “I’ve found this book to be an invaluable resource for those times when I need to quickly grasp a new concept and walk away with a working block of code. Erica has an impressive knowledge of the iPhone platform, is a master at describing technical information, and provides a compendium of excellent code examples.” –John Muchow, 3 Sixty Software, LLC; founder, iPhoneDeveloperTips.com   “This book is the most complete guide if you want coding for the iPhone, covering from the basics to the newest and coolest technologies. I built several applications in the past, but I still learned a huge amount from this book. It is a must-have for every iPhone developer.” –Roberto Gamboni, Software Engineer, AT&T Interactive   “It’s rare that developer cookbooks can both provide good recipes and solid discussion of fundamental techniques, but Erica Sadun's book manages to do both very well.” –Jeremy McNally, Developer, entp  Want to get started building applications for Apple’s iPhone and iPod touch? Already building iPhone applications and want to get better at it? This is the only book that brings together all the expert guidance–and the code–you’ll need!   Completely revised and expanded to cover the iPhone 3.0 SDK, The iPhone Developer’s Cookbook is the essential resource for developers building apps for the iPhone and iPod touch. Taking you further than before, this new edition starts out with an introduction to Objective-C 2.0 for developers who might be new to the platform. You’ll learn about Xcode and Interface Builder and learn how to set up and configure your iPhone Developer account. Additional highlights of this new edition include:     Using the iPhone SDK’s visual classes and controllers to design and customize interfaces   Using gestures, touches, and other sophisticated iPhone interface capabilities   Making the most of tables, views, view controllers, and animations   Alerting users with progress bars, audio pings, status bar updates, and other indicators   Using new Push Notifications to send alerts, whether your app is running or not   Playing audio and video with the MediaKit   Working with the Address Book, Core Location, and Sensors   Connecting to the Internet, Web services, and networks   Embedding flexible maps with MapKit and Google Mobile Maps   Building multiplayer games with GameKit   Using Core Data to build data-driven applications   Selling add-on content and services with In-App Purchasing using StoreKit   Building accessible apps with Accessibility Plus   The unique format of The iPhone Developer’s Cookbook presents the code you need to create feature-rich applications that leverage the latest features of the iPhone 3.0 SDK. Over 30,000 iPhone developers turned to the first edition of The iPhone Developer’s Cookbook. So should you!

Building iPhone Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript: Making App Store Apps Without Objective-C or Cocoa List Price: $29.99 Sale Price: $17.88 Average Rating:

What people are saying about Building iPhone Apps w/ HTML, CSS, and JavaScript "The future of mobile development is clearly web technologies like CSS, HTML and JavaScript. Jonathan Stark shows you how to leverage your existing web development skills to build native iPhone applications using these technologies." --John Allsopp, author and founder of Web Directions "Jonathan's book is the most comprehensive documentation available for developing web applications for mobile Safari. Not just great tech coverage, this book is an easy read of purely fascinating mobile tidbits in a fun colloquial style. Must have for all PhoneGap developers." -- Brian LeRoux, Nitobi SoftwareIt's a fact: if you know HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, you already have the tools you need to develop your own iPhone apps. With this book, you'll learn how to use these open source web technologies to design and build apps for the iPhone and iPod Touch on the platform of your choice-without using Objective-C or Cocoa. Device-agnostic mobile apps are the wave of the future, and this book shows you how to create one product for several platforms. You'll find guidelines for converting your product into a native iPhone app using the free PhoneGap framework. And you'll learn why releasing your product as a web app first helps you find, fix, and test bugs much faster than if you went straight to the App Store with a product built with Apple's tools. Build iPhone apps with tools you already know how to use Learn how to make an existing website look and behave like an iPhone app Add native-looking animations to your web app using jQTouch Take advantage of client-side data storage with apps that run even when the iPhone is offline Hook into advanced iPhone features -- including the accelerometer, geolocation, and vibration -- with JavaScript Submit your applications to the App Store with Xcode This book received valuable community input through O'Reilly's Open Feedback Publishing System (OFPS). Learn more at http://labs.oreilly.com/ofps.html.

Beginning iPhone Games Development List Price: $39.99 Sale Price: $22.30 Average Rating:

iPhone games are hot! Just look at the numbers. Games make up over 25 percent of total apps and over 70 percent of the most popular apps. Surprised? Of course not! Most of us have filled our iPhone or iPod touch with games, and many of us hope to develop the next best-selling, most talked-about game. You’ve probably already read and mastered Beginning iPhone 3 Development; Exploring the iPhone SDK, the best-selling, the second edition of Apress’s highly acclaimed introduction to the iPhone and iPod touch by developers Dave Mark and Jeff LaMarche. This book is the game-specific equivalent, providing you with the same easy-to-follow, step-by-step approach, more deep technical insights, and that familiar friendly style. While games are all about fun, at the same time, they’re serious business. With this book, you’re going to roll up your sleeves and get your hands dirty with some hardcore coding. While you may have written games before, this book will take you further, immersing you in the following topics: Game graphics and animation with UIKit, Quartz, Core Animation, and OpenGL ES Game audio with OpenAL, MediaPlayer Framework, AV Foundation, and AudioSession Game networking with GameKit, Bonjour, and Internet sharing You’ll learn: Efficient methods for drawing in 2D and 3D to the iPhone screen Game-specific animation techniques with Core Animation To use OpenGL ES for more complex and realistic gaming backgrounds and action Numerous ways to add music to enhance the gaming experience How to give your users access to their iPhone libraries from within games The tools and techniques of 3D audio for creating even more realistic gaming experiences How to do networking right, including two-player games over Bluetooth and multiplayer games over Wi-Fi Who is this book for? All game developers who desire to create iPhone and/or iPod touch games Check out Space Rocks!, one of the project examples from Beginning iPhone Games Development: Beginning iPhone Games Development is on Facebook!

iPhone SDK 3 Programming: Advanced Mobile Development for Apple iPhone and iPod touch (Wiley) List Price: $49.99 Sale Price: $27.44 Average Rating:

Get the expert guidance you need to begin building native applications for Apple's new iPhone 3G as well as the iPod Touch Apple's iPhone is the hottest mobile device on the planet. More than one million iPhone 3G phones were sold in the first three days of release and millions more are sure to be in the hands of iPhone fans each year. Apple's iPhone SDK has been updated and includes more than one thousand new APIs that developers will want to get their hands on. iPhone SDK 3 Programming shows you how to build great applications for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Inside, veteran mobile developer and Bell Labs scientist Maher Ali begins with a foundational introduction to Objective-C and Cocoa programming, and then guides you through building programs with Apple's iPhone SDK 3. Covers the complete application development process, and highlights all the key device features including the camera, location awareness, and more Completely revised and redesigned with more than 100 new pages of content iPhone's new SDK release contains more than one thousand new APIs you will want to use right away Includes a focused introduction to the Objective-C language and Cocoa frameworks that new iPhone developers need With this advanced resource, you'll get the expert guidance you need to begin building native applications for Apple's new iPhone 3G as well as the iPod Touch.

Beginning iPhone SDK Programming with Objective-C (Wrox Programmer to Programmer) List Price: $39.99 Sale Price: $19.60 Average Rating:

Everything you need to know to start creating native applications for the iPhone and iPod Touch The iPhone SDK and the Xcode tools are the official Apple tools used for creating native iPhone applications. This information-packed book presents a complete introduction to the iPhone SDK and the Xcode tools, as well as the Objective-C language that is necessary to create these native applications. Solid coverage and real-world examples walk you through the process for developing mobile applications for the iPhone that can then be distributed through Apple's iTunes Application store. The hands-on approach shows you how to develop your first iPhone application while getting you acquainted with the iPhone SDK and the array of Xcode tools. A thorough tutorial on the features and syntax of the Objective-C language helps you get the most out of the iPhone SDK, and an in-depth look at the features of the iPhone SDK enables you to maximize each of these features in your applications. Provides an introductory look at how the iPhone SDK and Xcode tools work with the Objective-C language to create native iPhone applications Familiarizes you with the latest version of the iPhone SDK and the newest Xcode tools that ship with Snow Leopard Walks you through developing your first iPhone applications Focuses on the features and syntax of the Objective-C language so that you can get the most out of the iPhone SDK With this hands-on guide, you'll quickly get started developing applications for the iPhone with both the iPhone SDK and the latest Xcode tools. Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.