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Xcode 4 is Apple’s newest version of the popular development suite for creating bleeding-edge OS X and iOS apps. Written by an experienced developer and Apple-focused journalist, this book not only covers developing for OS X but also for the entire family of iOS devices, including the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. You’ll explore the newest tools for compiling, debugging, and finding and fixing common code errors so that you can look forward to improved, smooth-running code that is developed more efficiently than ever.
- Takes you step-by-step through the process of developing OS X and iOS applications using Xcode 4
- Examines the benefits of Xcode 4, Apple’s updated, free, object oriented programming environment
- Helps you tame the complex Xcode environment so you can develop amazing apps
This book gets you up to speed on all the remarkable new features and redesigned user interface of Xcode 4 so you can get started creating phenomenal apps today.
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Developers, if you want to create killer apps for Apple's OS X and iOS, you need this practical new introduction to Xcode 4. Xcode 4 is crammed with improvements, sample code, utilities, and helper applications. This book shows you how to tap these programming riches and develop for either platform. Keep things simple and click to build, or explore Xcode's advanced features and get really creative. Either way, this book shows you how.
Get familiar with Xcode 4's streamlined interface and new features
Create apps with Xcode's standard templates and learn how to modify them
Use smart strategies to find help and sample code in the Apple Documentation
Design and extend stylish new interfaces with Interface Builder
Explore code snippets, refactoring, and other timesaving features
Create fast, rock-solid code with Instruments and the Xcode debugger
Master schemes and provisioning to build apps for testing and for the App Store
Access the latest information on Apple development
Visit www.wileydevreference.com for the latest on tools and techniques for Apple development, as well as supporting code and examples from this book.
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Good things:
1. Many parts are detailed. This is good when writing a book on IDE.
2. You will use as a reference. Yes, you'll read certain parts again and again from time to time. It Is a Developer Reference.
3. Almost every aspect of Xcode 4 is illustrated with figures and detailed steps. However, advanced features are not explained.
Bad things:
1. I think the first edition is considering Xcode 4. That Xcode "4.0" not 4.0.1 or 4.0.2 or 4.1". There are differences and they are not minors.
2. that's it.
I'd recommend this book for beginners and intermediate developer (like me). For advanced developers, it may not offer so much.
The book covers a wide range of stuff, but when dealing with any other literature about Mac/iOS development, there is some redundancy.
For example, EVERY book on programming for the Mac or iOS platforms includes the majority of what you need to know about Interface Builder.
The audience for this book should not need an in depth lesson on how to do all the basics in IB. That's my major con to the book.
But, it's well organized, easy to reference and VERY handy to have at your side.
Highly recommend for anyone who wants to do more in Xcode than just making simple apps.
Better yet, Wentk's book has actually helped me to uncover many of the hidden gems within Xcode 4, and I'm actually starting to enjoy using it now. Indeed, Xcode 4 is powerful and useful, and thanks to this book, I'm beginning to take advantage of its more advanced features, rather than just trying to figure out how to do what I could previously in Xcode 3.
This is the book that should come with every copy of Xcode 4.
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