iPhone and iPad Apps for Absolute Beginners

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xix

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2. Getting Started

   • Rory Lewis, Laurence Moroney

   Pages 1-12

3. Your First iOS Apps

   • Rory Lewis, Laurence Moroney

   Pages 13-35

4. Running Your App on a Device

   • Rory Lewis, Laurence Moroney

   Pages 37-56

5. Your Second iOS App

   • Rory Lewis, Laurence Moroney

   Pages 57-81

6. Going Deeper: Patterns and Delegates

   • Rory Lewis, Laurence Moroney

   Pages 83-102

7. Debugging iOS7 Apps

   • Rory Lewis, Laurence Moroney

   Pages 103-123

8. Exploring UI Controls

   • Rory Lewis, Laurence Moroney

   Pages 125-148

9. Picker Controls

   • Rory Lewis, Laurence Moroney

   Pages 149-177

10. Using Table Views

    • Rory Lewis, Laurence Moroney

    Pages 179-214

11. Mapping in iOS

    • Rory Lewis, Laurence Moroney

    Pages 215-230

12. Web Views and Connections

    • Rory Lewis, Laurence Moroney

    Pages 231-250

13. iPad Considerations

    • Rory Lewis, Laurence Moroney

    Pages 251-272

14. Deploying Your App to the App Store

    • Rory Lewis, Laurence Moroney

    Pages 273-303

15. Back Matter

    Pages 305-310

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This update of an Apress bestseller walks you through creating your first app, with plain English and practical examples using the latest iOS 7 software development platform and more. It cuts through the fog of jargon and misinformation that surrounds iPhone and iPad app development, and gives you simple, step-by-step instructions to get you started.

• Teaches iPhone and iPad apps development in language anyone can understand
• Provides simple, step-by-step examples that make learning easy, using iOS 7
• Offers bonus videos from the author that enable you to follow along—it’s like your own private classroom

The iPhone is the hottest gadget of our generation, and much of its success has been fueled by the App Store, Apple’s online marketplace for iPhone apps. Over 1 billion apps were downloaded during the nine months following the launch of the App Store, ranging from the simplest games to the most complex business apps. Everyone has an idea for the next best-selling iPhone app—that’s why you’re reading this now! And with the popularity of the iPad, this demand will just continue to grow.

Rory Lewis is assistant professor of computer science at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. He is often mistaken for a hippie, wearing Dead-head shirts and walking aimlessly around the campus. He is often described as the guy in the office where students are always lined up outside. He is often heralded as the dude that will explain your math and computer code, even when he first checks and sees you ve done 800 tweets and 2,700 Facebook comments while you should have been in class! He is described by his adult daughters as a dad that was once a successful microprocessor litigation lawyer in Palo Alto, but couldn t resist his dorkiness and went back to school to become a doctor of geekdom!

Laurence Moroney is Firebase Developer Advocate at Google. He is also a topselling author.  He is host of Coffee with a Googler on YouTube!  He has over 10 years in software development and architecture, specializing in interoperability, security and performance in such diverse industries as casinos, jails, the U.S. Border Patrol, airports, professional soccer teams and financial services. He has written several books on computing, including some on Web Services Security, ASP.NET and Java/.NET interoperability, as well as dozens of articles on various technology issues. He lives in Sammamish, Washington with his wife, Rebecca, and children, Claudia and Christopher.

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