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Learned a lot from this book
The author of The iPhone Developer's Cookbook, Erica Sadun, seems very knowledgeable about the iPhone SDK and the book was organized well and was a good read. It should be mentioned that I do not have a Macintosh and hence couldn't actually test any of the code samples (you need a Mac to do iPhone or iPod touch development).
The Cookbook is filled with...
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the author assumes far too much from the reader. this is very typical of a gifted programmer who should stick to programming instead of teaching. additionally, her coding style is completely absurd! who writes entire apps within the main.m file? i found it easier to understand the author after downloading sample code from her website, but unfortunately the internet's...
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Recipes for burnt cookies., Avril 21 2009
the author assumes far too much from the reader. this is very typical of a gifted programmer who should stick to programming instead of teaching. additionally, her coding style is completely absurd! who writes entire apps within the main.m file? i found it easier to understand the author after downloading sample code from her website, but unfortunately the internet's numerous tutorials on iphone dev is a more valuable than this writings on this book.
perspective buyers should read the numerous (bad) reviews on the american Amazon site instead of relying simply on the few (good) canadian reviews.
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Learned a lot from this book, Nov. 26 2009
The author of The iPhone Developer's Cookbook, Erica Sadun, seems very knowledgeable about the iPhone SDK and the book was organized well and was a good read. It should be mentioned that I do not have a Macintosh and hence couldn't actually test any of the code samples (you need a Mac to do iPhone or iPod touch development).
The Cookbook is filled with practical advice, lots of little tricks and observations that could only come with much experience, from a discussion about the awkwardness of tethering the iPhone via USB to the computer in order to test applications (and suggestions to help minimize that awkwardness) to how to take a screenshot with the iPhone (hold down the sleep/wake button and tap the Home button -- this works on the iPod touch device too).
As someone completely unfamiliar with the process of creating apps for the iTunes store (or using Objective C), I thought the book did an admirable job of explaining the process. I learned how the code projects are structures, how sandboxes work, and the basics of registering as a developer with Apple (this while useful is one section though that I thought could have been expanded a bit). There's detail on using Xcode (the development platform) and the interface builder... the author explains how to set breakpoints and such.
The chapter on Views, the building block of app development, was well thought out and useful and there's good discussion of when and how to use multitouch. The book goes on to cover all interface fundamentals (notifications, progress bars, et cetera). And throughout the author is careful to explain the hidden features of the iPhone SDK and when (and when not) you should use them. There's also a strong chapter on using web services with several examples and alternative approaches. Actually throughout the book the author has been good about offering two or three ways to solve a problem and also explaining the advantages and disadvantages of each approach -- this was especially useful in the audio section. The book ends with an explanation of adding Cover Flow to apps -- a feature I wished more app developers would consider adding.
Not many negatives overall. I'd have liked to learn a bit more about Objective C as I know nothing about it, but I suspect if I had XCode and a development machine I'd pick it up easily enough. Certain subsections that seemed promising occasionally failed to deliver, like the one about Energy Limits -- the iPhone is a portable device and though the author mentions app creators should be aware of battery limitations and should avoid draining power how to do this isn't really described. And as mentioned above a more concrete walkthru of the whole registration process might have made that less daunting. But overall these are minor nitpicks and after reading the book I feel with a little trial and error I could put together iPhone apps -- I think I've picked up enough that I probably could try my hand at even making a game.
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Great starter book, Avril 27 2009
This is a great book to get you started. Very practical and useful. Lots of code samples and good, simple explanation of the basic constructs of the SDK. I would recommend this to all beginning iPhone developers.
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Must Have Book for Beginner and Expert iPhone Developers, Nov. 13 2008
The iPhone Developer's Cookbook: Building Applications with the iPhone SDK is an instant classic and the single best technical book I have read this year.
Whether you are new to developing for the Apple platform, coming to it because you want to create iPhone applications or you are an experienced developer The iPhone Developer's Cookbook: Building Applications with the iPhone SDK by Erica Sadun gives you the tools needed to be instantly productive.
If you are a novice programmer the book takes you from the development environment through all the important features of the SDK. Along with succinct USEFUL examples there are many hints that would take a lot of research to find and assimilate. While the source code is available I would recommend novices type in the beginning examples at least as it's often better to learn that way.
If you are an intermediate to advanced developer with experience developing for OS X and/or have worked with the iPhone SDK The iPhone Developer's Cookbook is structured in such a way that you can easily jump to an SDK area you are having trouble with or need more information on. It's a lot like the Nutshell book series in that way.
I would recommend you have some familiarity with at least C or C++ but preferably Objective-C as all the examples are in Objective-C, the iPhone's native language. If you need to learn Objective-C first there are many good references for that but experienced C/C++ developers should have little trouble learning the basics of Objective-C while reading this book.
As a personal teaching aid the book is designed to be used with XCode and a device so you can work with the examples in real-time. There are so many nice little touches in the book that I can't write about them all but one I really appreciate is all the projects are built upon the starting example so you only have to worry about provisioning 1 program to your device saving tons of clutter and add/remove tasks.
In a nutshell The iPhone Developer's Cookbook: Building Applications with the iPhone SDK is like having an expert personal instructor or mentor leading you through real world tutorials and being there once you get going to clarify things that crop up down the road. It won't write the programs for you but it will give you a solid base to work from.
The iPhone Developer's Cookbook: Building Applications with the iPhone SDK
It really is deserving of 5-Stars.
Cheers,
Christopher
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Must have resource for anyone new to iPhone development, Fév 13 2009
This is a great resource for anyone relatively new to the iPhone SDK.
I wish that I would have had this book before having writing my first apps as it would have saved me a tonne of time.
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Love it!, Nov. 2 2008
This is a very comprehensive starting point for aspiring iPhone developers.
Through practice, the basic and more advanced programming logic will become second nature.
It will also give some a nice introduction to Objective-C 2.0.
Thanks for the great book Erica.
MacHappens
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