The Best-Selling Xcode Books of All Time

If you’re getting started with iOS development, or want a firmer grasp of the basics, this practical guide provides a clear view of its fundamental building blocks―Objective-C, Xcode, and Cocoa Touch. You’ll learn object-oriented concepts, understand how to use Apple’s development tools, and discover how Cocoa provides the underlying functionality iOS apps need to have. Dozens of example projects are available at GitHub. Once you master the fundamentals, you’ll be ready to tackle the details of iOS app development with author Matt Neuburg’s companion guide Programming iOS 7.

Explore the C language to learn how Objective-C works Learn how instances are created, and why they’re so important Tour the lifecycle of an Xcode project, from inception to App Store Discover how to build interfaces with nibs and the nib editor Explore Cocoa’s use of Objective-C linguistic features Use Cocoa’s event-driven model and major design patterns Learn the role of accessors, key-value coding, and properties Understand the power of ARC-based object memory management Send messages and data between Cocoa objects.

Xcode is Apple's Integrated Development Environment (IDE), Interface Builder, and other tools for helping app developers and coders to build iPhone and iPad apps more efficiently and quickly. Beginning Xcode aims to get you up and running with Apple's latest Xcode 5 and includes a wide variety of exciting projects to build. So, if you have some programming experience with iOS SDK and Objective-C, but want a more in depth tutorial on Xcode, then Beginning Xcode is for you. The book focuses on the new technologies, tools and features that Apple has bundled into the new Xcode 5, to complement the latest iOS 7 SDK. You'll learn:.

• How to build iOS apps using the latest Xcode. • How to get started with Xcode, using Workspaces, Interface Builder, storyboarding, tables/collection views and more. • How to dive deeper into Xcode using advanced searches, filtering, advanced editing, debugging, and source control. • How to take advantage of Xcode's vast libraries, frameworks and bundles. • How to create exciting interactive apps for iPhone or iPad using Sprite Kit, Map Kit, and other Apple technologies. • How to share your app using organizer, localization, auto layout, and more. By the end of this book, you'll have all of the skills and a variety of examples to draw from to get your very first app out the door using Xcode. Maybe, you'll even sell it on Apple iTunes App Store.

Use Xcode 6 to Craft Outstanding iOS and OS X Apps! Xcode 6 Start to Finishwill help you use Apple’s Xcode 6 tools to improve productivity, write great code, and leverage the newest iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite features, including Apple’s new Swift programming language. Drawing on more than thirty years of experience developing for Apple platforms, and helping others do so, Fritz Anderson presents a complete best-practice workflow that reflects Xcode’s latest innovations. Through three full, sample projects, you’ll learn to integrate testing, source control, and other key skills into a high-efficiency process that works.

And all sample code has been completely written in Swift, with figures and descriptions that reflect Xcode’s radically new interface. This is the only Xcode 6 book focused on deep mastery of the tools you’ll be living with every day. Anderson reveals better ways to storyboard, instrument, build, and compile code, and helps you apply new features, ranging from Interface Builder Live Rendering to View Debugging and XCTest Performance Testing. By the time you’re finished, you’ll have all the Xcode 6 skills you need in order to develop truly exceptional software. Coverage includes. Working with iOS-side dynamic frameworks and iOS/OS X extension modulesStreamlining Model, View, and Controller development with SwiftRewriting Objective-C functions in SwiftEfficiently managing layouts and view hierarchies with size classesInspecting and fixing interface issues with the new View DebuggerDisplaying and configuring custom views within Interface Builder via Live RenderingBenchmarking performance within the Xcode 6 unit test frameworkLeveraging Xcode 6 automated tools to simplify localizationCreating new extensions to inject services and UI into other applicationsMastering new Swift debugging techniquesRegister your book at informit.com/register for access to this title’s downloadable code.