Are you a programmer looking for a new challenge? Does the thought of building your very own
iPhone app make your heart race and your pulse quicken? If so then Beginning iPhone
Development is just the book for you. Assuming only a minimal working knowledge of Objective-C
and written in a friendly easy-to-follow style Beginning iPhone Development offers a complete
soup-to-nuts course in iPhone and iPod Touch programming. The book starts with the basics
walking you through the process of downloading and installing Apple's free iPhone software
development kit then stepping you though the creation of your first simple iPhone application.
You'll move on from there mastering all the iPhone interface elements that you've come to know
and love such as buttons switches pickers toolbars sliders etc. You'll master a variety
of design patterns from the simplest single view to complex hierarchical drill-downs. You'll
master the art of table-building and learn how to save your data using the iPhone file system.
You'll also learn how to save and retrieve your data using SQLite iPhone's built-in database
management system. You'll learn how to draw using Quartz 2D and OpenGL ES. You'll add
multi-touch gesture support (pinches and swipes) to your applications and work with the Camera
photo library and Accelerometer. You'll master application preferences learn how to localize
your apps into other languages and so much more. Apple's iPhone SDK this book and your
imagination are all you'll need to start building your very own best-selling iPhone
applications.
