iOS Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide (4th Edition) (Big Nerd Ranch Guides)

Description

Updated and expanded to cover iOS 7 and Xcode 5, iOS Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide leads you through the essential concepts, tools, and techniques for developing iOS applications. After completing this book, you will have the know-how and the confidence you need to tackle iOS projects of your own. Based on Big Nerd Ranch s popular iOS Bootcamp course and its well-tested materials and methodology, this bestselling guide teaches iOS concepts and coding in tandem. The result is instruction that is relevant and useful.

Throughout the book, the authors explain what s important and share their insights into the larger context of the iOS platform. You get a real understanding of how iOS development works, the many features that are available, and when and where to apply what you ve learned.

Here are some of the topics covered:

• Xcode 5, Instruments, and Storyboards
• Building interfaces using the iOS 7 aesthetic
• ARC and strong and weak references
• Handling touch events and gestures
• Toolbars, navigation controllers, and split view controllers
• Using Auto Layout to scale user interfaces
• Using Dynamic Type to scale fonts
• Localization and Internationalization
• Block syntax and use
• Saving/loading data: Archiving and Core Data
• Core Location and Map Kit
• Communicating with web services using JSON
• Using the Model-View-Controller-Store design pattern