iOS Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide - Softcover

Conway, Joe; Hillegass, Aaron

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0321773772 ISBN 13: 9780321773777

Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional, 2011

Synopsis

Presents a guide to the concepts and coding of iOS to create a variety of applications, covering such topics as debugger, core location, reference counting, blocks and categories in Objective-C, and push notifications.

About this title

About the Author

Joe Conway, iPhone instructor for The Big Nerd Ranch, has been writing software on the Mac platform since he was a teenager, and began consulting and training for The Big Nerd Ranch shortly after graduating from the University of Wisconsin.

Aaron Hillegass, CEO of Big Nerd Ranch, has more than 18 years of experience as a software engineer and developer trainer. He wrote the Big Nerd Ranch course on Cocoa, drawing from his experiences working at Apple and NeXT as senior trainer and curriculum developer. He is the author of Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X (Addison-Wesley), the definitive guide to Cocoa programming.

From the Back Cover

Updated and expanded to cover iOS 4, Xcode 4, and iPad development, iOS Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide leads you through the essential tools and techniques for developing iOS applications.

The guide is based on Big Nerd Ranch's popular iOS Bootcamp course and its well-tested teaching methodology. Concepts and coding are taught in tandem, and the result is instruction that is relevant and useful.

After completing this book, you will have the knowledge, the experience, and the confidence you need to tackle iOS projects of your own.

Edition details

• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0321773772
• ISBN 13: 9780321773777
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 523