Foundation iPhone App Development

the long version

Taking a hands-on learning approach, <em>Foundation iPhone App Development: Build An iPhone App in 5 Days with iOS 6 SDK</em> quickly enables existing programmers to become familiar and comfortable coding Objective-C using Xcode 4.5, Storyboarding and the iOS 6 SDK to create apps for the iPhone. <strong>Nick Kuh</strong>, an experienced, Apple award-winning developer, will teach readers how to build an iOS 6 iPhone app from start to finish in 5 days. <br> <br> During a 5-day process you will learn how to build a professional, custom-designed, object-oriented iPhone App. You&#146;ll start with a PhotoShop PSD design and an app idea. Then, throughout the remainder of the book, Nick will guide you through each stage of building the app. But it&#146;s you who will build the app. You will learn how to think like an app developer, how to turn an idea into a beautiful iPhone app.^ <br> <br> In addition to the code and programming practices introduced, the book includes numerous tips, tricks and lessons learned to help new iPhone App developers succeed on the App Store: SEO, in-app marketing approaches and how to win more 5 star reviews.<br> <br> The 5-day learning process is divided into the following key stages: <br> <br> <ul> <li>Day 1 begins with the initial planning, paper prototyping and Photoshop design phases of an app idea. You&#146;ll learn how to provision your iOS apps for deployment to your iPhone. By the end of your first day you&#146;ll get to learn on the job, creating an Object-Oriented Black Jack Game that implements the Model View Controller paradigm in Objective C. </li> <li>Day 2 is all about Storyboarding: creating and connecting all of the user interface views of our app. </li> <li>Day 3 begins with table views and data population.^ By the end of the third day you&#146;ll be knee-deep in Core Data: building a data model and creating an editable, persistent data storage solution for your app. </li> <li>By Day 4 you&#146;ll be learning how to communicate with Facebook using Apple&#146;s new Social framework introduced in iOS 6. </li> <li>Day 5 kicks off with code and methods to add in-app social network marketing to your app. With your completed app you&#146;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.^ </li> </ul> <br> From start to finish, this book inherits Nick&#146;s tried and tested methods to build beautiful native iPhone Apps efficiently. After reading and using this book, you&#146;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&#146;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. <br />