The 5-day learning process is divided into the following key stages:
Day 1 begins with the initial planning, paper prototyping and Photoshop design phases of an app idea. You’ll learn how to provision your iOS apps for deployment to your iPhone. By the end of your first day you’ll get to learn on the job, creating an Object-Oriented Black Jack Game that implements the Model View Controller paradigm in Objective C.
Day 2 is all about Storyboarding: creating and connecting all of the user interface views of our app.
Day 3 begins with table views and data population. By the end of the third day you’ll be knee-deep in Core data: building a data model and creating an editable, persistent data storage solution for your app.
By Day 4 you’ll be learning how to communicate with Facebook using Apple’s new Social framework introduced in iOS 6.
Day 5 kicks off with code and methods to add in-app social network marketing to your app. With your completed app you’ll then learn how to submit an App to Apple alongside numerous tips and tricks to improve your chances of success and visibility in this unique marketplace.
From start to finish, this book inherits Nick’s tried and tested methods to build beautiful native iPhone Apps efficiently. After reading and using this book, you’ll come away with a core iOS development process and coding concepts that can be re-used and applied to your own iPhone app projects. Moreover, you’ll gain an understanding of how to architect your own apps, write reusable code and implement best practices for faster productivity and maybe even make some money, too.
What you’ll learn
How to develop with Xcode, write Objective-C and work with the latest iOS SDK
Why and how to create Navigation Hierarchies and Table View Controllers, for making life easier
How to design, plan and develop an iPhone app from the initial app idea to App Store submission
How to Storyboard and implement a custom-designed User Interface
How to work with Core Data to build an offline caching solution
How to implement asynchronous HTTP API calls to download and display images
How to use the new iOS Appearance APIs for custom design implementation and make beautiful apps
How to increase your app's chances for success in the App Store
Who this book is for
This book is for existing programmers—programmers who have already mastered another object oriented language and wish to become proficient programming Objective C for writing iPhone Apps using Xcode.
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