Sams Teach Yourself iOS 8 Application Development in 24 Hours

Sams Teach Yourself iOS 8 Application Development in 24 Hours

<P style="MARGIN: 0px">In just 24 sessions of one hour each, learn how to build powerful applications for today’s hottest handheld devices: the iPhone and iPad! Using this book’s straightforward, step-by-step approach, you’ll master every skill and technology you need, from setting up your iOS development environment to building great user interfaces, sensing motion to writing multitasking applications. Each lesson builds on what you’ve already learned, giving you a rock-solid foundation for real-world success!</P> <UL> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"> <B>Step-by-step instructions </B>carefully walk you through the most common iOS development tasks.</DIV> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"> <B>Quizzes and Exercises </B>help you test your knowledge. </DIV> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"> <B>By the Way</B> notes present interesting information related to the discussion. </DIV> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"> <B>Did You Know? </B>tips show you easier ways to perform tasks. </DIV> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"> <B>Watch Out! </B>cautions alert you to possible problems and give you advice on how to avoid them.</DIV> </LI> </UL> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> <B>John Ray </B>is currently serving as the Director of the Office of Research Information Systems at the Ohio State University. His many books include <I>Using TCP/IP: Special Edition, Maximum Mac OS X Security</I>, <I>Mac OS X Unleashed</I>, <I>Teach Yourself Dreamweaver MX in 21 Days</I>, and <I>Sams Teach Yourself iOS 7 Application Development in 24 Hours</I>.</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">Printed in full color–figures and code appear as they do in Xcode</P> <UL> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Covers iOS 8 and up</DIV> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Learn to navigate the Xcode 6.x development environment</DIV> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Prepare your system and iDevice for efficient development</DIV> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Get started quickly with Apple’s new language: Swift</DIV> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Test code using the new iOS Playground</DIV> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Understand the Model-View-Controller (MVC) development pattern</DIV> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Visually design and code interfaces using Xcode Storyboards, Segues, Exits, Image Slicing, and the iOS Object Library</DIV> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Use Auto Layout and Size Classes to adapt to different screen sizes and orientations</DIV> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Build advanced UIs with Tables, Split Views, Navigation Controllers, and more</DIV> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Read and write preferences and data, and create System Settings plug-ins</DIV> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Use the iOS media playback and recording capabilities</DIV> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Take photos and manipulate graphics with Core Image</DIV> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Sense motion, orientation, and location with the accelerometer, gyroscope, and GPS</DIV> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Integrate online services using Twitter, Facebook, Email, Web Views, and Apple Maps</DIV> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Create universal applications that run on both the iPhone and iPad</DIV> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Write background-aware multitasking applications</DIV> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Trace, debug, and monitor your applications as they run</DIV> </LI> </UL>