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iOS 5 Essentials

By : Steven F. Daniel
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iOS 5 Essentials

By: Steven F. Daniel

Overview of this book

Building on the phenomenal success of its predecessor iOS 5 includes over 200 new user features as well as an updated SDK containing over 1,500 new APIs. iOS 5 looks set to reinforce the iPhone's dominance in the smartphone market. iOS 5 Essentials will help you learn how to build simple, yet powerful iOS 5 applications incorporating iCloud Storage, Twitter, Core Image and Newsstand integration. You will start by learning about what's new in iOS 5. You'll look at the iCloud Storage APIs, Automatic Reference Counting, Twitter and AirPlay integration, how to use the various Core Image filters using the Cocoa framework, and the new features of the iOS 5 SDK. After this, you'll jump straight in and create applications using Xcode and Interface Builder using the new storyboard layout. We then finish up by learning how to make your applications run smoothly using the Xcode instruments.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)

About the Reviewers

Cory Bohon is an indie developer, creating iOS and Mac software using many programming languages, including Objective-C, Java, and C/C++. He is also a technology blogger on http://www.maclife.com/, where he writes about Apple news, and Mac and iOS how tos.

Chris Gummer graduated with a Bachelor's of Science majoring in Computing Science and Statistics, in Sydney, Australia. For over a decade, he has developed various software systems across a range of industries. Currently living in London, UK he specializes in iOS application development. He has worked on high profile App Store applications and internal enterprise solutions for iOS devices. At the age of eight, Chris started programming in BASIC, and he still holds the same passion for programming almost thirty years later.

Thanh Huynh started his career as a LAMP developer, with over 10 years experience, and gradually moved into objective-C. Currently working as a freelance iOS developer, he has worked for two of the biggest media companies in the United Kingdom, News International and BSkyB, producing the Times iPad app and Sky Plus.

Robb Lewis is a web developer and student studying web technologies at Portsmouth University. Robb has a great interest in technology, specifically mobile technology, and is an Apple advocate. Robb also writes about software, technology, and the internet at http://therobb.com.

Dan Lingman got his start in programming back in grade 7, when, after seeing a Space Invaders arcade game, he signed up for a night school course in programming the Commodore Pet. This eventually led to a M.Sc. in Computer Science, with his thesis project being a 3D robotics simulator programming in Objective-C on a NeXTStation.

By day, he works for a licensing company, and by night teaches Java development. He also works on iOS development as the technical lead at NoGoToGames.

NoGoToGames is a small company focused on the development of interesting and genre-breaking iOS software. You can see what they are up to at http://www.nogotogames.com/.