Mac, iPhone, and iPad Programming

iOS Recipes: Tips and Tricks for Awesome iPhone and iPad Apps

by Paul Warren and Matt Drance

Take your iPhone and iPad apps to the next level. You’ve seen cool features and tricks in other apps, but haven’t had the time to really look into how they’re done. We’ve got the answers for you. This book walks you through clean, reusable solutions to a wide variety of problems and patterns common to iOS development with Cocoa Touch and Objective-C. With these recipes in your arsenal, your next apps will be more polished and more maintainable than ever.

Written for and tested on iOS 4 and Xcode 4.

iPad Programming: A Quick-Start Guide for iPhone Developers

by Daniel H Steinberg and Eric T Freeman

It’s not an iPhone and it’s not a laptop: the iPad is a groundbreaking new device. You need to create true iPad apps to take advantage of all that is possible with the iPad. If you’re an experienced iPhone developer, iPad Programming will show you how to write these outstanding new apps while completely fitting your users’ expectation for this device.

Dr. Dobb’s review: “quite a bargain, given the smart and concise way the authors demonstrate iPad-specific features.” See the full review

Cocoa Programming: A Quick-Start Guide for Developers

by Daniel H Steinberg

NOTE: This book covers XCode 3 only, not the newer versions.

Apple’s Cocoa frameworks let you write powerful and attractive applications for Mac OS X or the iPhone. With this book plus your existing knowledge of object-oriented programming you can take advantage of Cocoa and create compelling, feature rich, compliant Mac applications for this industry-leading environment using XCode 3.

Audience: this book is aimed at experienced programmers who are new to Cocoa and the Mac, using the older XCode 3. For an entry level book, please see Beginning Mac Programming

Coding in Objective-C 2.0

by Bill Dudney

Objective-C is the programming language for writing native iPhone and Mac applications. It’s also the language that Apple uses to build their own applications and frameworks. So, if you know Objective-C, you have a lot of power at your fingertips. But if you’re new to C or object-oriented programming, then Objective-C can seem a little awkward at first. These screencasts by Bill Dudney, an experienced Objective-C programmer, will help you quickly get up to speed on Objective-C 2.0 basics.

Core Animation for Mac OS X and the iPhone: Creating Compelling Dynamic User Interfaces

by Bill Dudney

Have you seen Apple’s Front Row application and Cover Flow effects? Then you’ve seen Core Animation at work. It’s about making applications that give strong visual feedback through movement and morphing, rather than repainting panels. This comprehensive guide will get you up to speed quickly and take you into the depths of this new technology.

Creating a Compelling User Interface with Core Animation

by Bill Dudney

Core Animation adds that “wow!” factor to your Cocoa and iPhone applications. It’s not just cool, it also improves the user experience to make your application a cut above the rest. Learn how to create an animated and cinematic user interface with Core Animation from Bill Dudney, an experienced Cocoa developer.

TextMate: Power Editing for the Mac

by James Edward Gray II

TextMate is a powerful tool for programmers, web designers, and anyone else who regularly needs to work with text files on Mac OS X. TextMate focuses on pragmatic automation, which means it will save you time—time that’s always in short supply. See how your lowly text editor can become a hard working member of your staff.