Beginning iPad Application Development

Lee Wei-Meng

ISBN 10: 0470641657 / ISBN 13: 9780470641651

Editore: John Wiley & Sons, 2010

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West Sussex, 2010; paperback, pp. 600. A hands-on approach to iPad application development The iPad is Apple's eagerly anticipated answer to the "tablet computer. " While based on OS X, and relying on familiar development tools, the iPad will present new challenges and new opportunities for Apple developers, old and new alike. A hands-on approach to iPad application development The iPad is Apple's eagerly anticipated answer to the "tablet computer." While based on OS X, and relying on familiar development tools, the iPad will present new challenges and new opportunities for Apple developers, old and new alike. These hurdles include learning new Cocoa SDKs that take advantage of the iPad's capabilities. Beginning iPad Application Development helps beginning developers to develop applications for the iPad, and is also of great value to experienced developers wishing to migrate existing Cocoa or Cocoa Touch applications to the iPad platform. * Walks you through developing their first iPad application, while familiarizing you with Cocoa, Cocoa Touch, the iPhone and iPad SDK and Xcode tools * Focuses on the features and syntax of the Objective-C language, essential for creating many iPad applications * Explains how to download the SDK, use context-based design, and fill your toolbox Beginning iPad Application Development provides a comprehensive, hands-on approach to iPad development for both aspiring and experienced iPad developers.

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• Titolo: Beginning iPad Application Development
• Editore: John Wiley & Sons
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0470641657
• ISBN 13: 9780470641651
• Rilegatura: Brossura
• Condizione: new
• Peso: 1,03 chilogrammi
• Tipo di libro: Libro

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Beginning iPad Application Development will help jumpstart your iPad development. It covers topics progressively so you learn without being overwhelmed by details. It adopts the philosophy that the best way to learn is by doing, hence the numerous Try It Out sections, which first show you how to build something and then explain how things work. To truly benefit from this book, you should have some background in programming and at least be familiar with object-oriented programming concepts. Coverage includes:

• getting started with Xcode and Interface Builder to build a Hello World application
• fundamental concepts of iPad programming: outlets and actions
• UI widgets known as views that make up the iPad application user interface
• view controllers available in the iPhone SDK and different types of iPad applications - View-based, Window-based, Split View-based, and Tab Bar applications
• how to deal with the iPad’s virtual keyboard, hide the keyboard on demand, and ensure views are not blocked by the keyboard when it is displayed
• reorient the application's UI when the device is rotated or force an application to display in a certain orientation
• using the Table view is to display rows of data and implementing search capabilities in Table view
• using application settings to persist application preferences
• persisting application data by saving the data to files in the application's sandbox directory
• using the embedded SQLite3 database library to store data
• implementing animations
• using gesture recognizers in the iPhone SDK to interpret user's input gestures
• access the iPad accelerometer and detecting device shakes
• communicating with Web services and their data
• publishing services on the network using Bonjour
• implementing applications that use push notifications
• building location-based services applications, obtaining geographical locations data, displaying a map
• an overview of the Objective-C language

Informazioni sull?autore

Wei-Meng Lee is a technologist and founder of Developer Learning Solutions, a technology company specializing in hands-on training in the latest Microsoft and Apple technologies. He is also the author of Beginning iPhone SDK Programming with Objective-C and writes frequently for online publications.