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Professional iPhone and iPad Database Application Programming (Wrox Professional Guides) [Kindle Edition]

Patrick Alessi
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A much-needed resource on database development and enterprise integration for the iPhone

An enormous demand exists for getting iPhone applications into the enterprise and this book guides you through all the necessary steps for integrating an iPhone app within an existing enterprise. Experienced iPhone developers will learn how to take advantage of the built-in capabilities of the iPhone to confidently implement a data-driven application for the iPhone.

Coverage includes:

  • Introducing Data-Driven Applications
  • The iPhone and iPad Database: Sqlite
  • Displaying Your Data: The UITableView
  • ipad Interface Elements
  • Introducing Core Data
  • Modeling Data in Xcode
  • Building a Core Data Application
  • Core Data-Related Cocoa Features
  • Core Data Migration and Performance
  • Working with Xml on the iPhone
  • Integrating with Web Services

Professional iPhone and iPad Database Application Programming gets you up to speed on developing data-driven applications for the iPhone.

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Build data–centric applications for the iPhone and iPad

As the iPhone and iPad grow in popularity, there is a growing demand for applications that are focused on data. Developers need to know how to get data on to these devices, deal with and create data, and communicate with external services—this book satisfies that need. Award–winning developer Patrick Alessi walks you through the flow of data in an enterprise application. The in–depth coverage of displaying and manipulating data, creating and managing data using Core Data, and integrating your applications using web services puts you on your way to implementing data–driven applications for the iPhone or iPad.

Professional iPhone and iPad Database Application Programming:

  • Explains extracting data from large–scale database, such as Oracle, MySQL, or SQL Server

  • Demonstrates how to customize the UITable View to display data how you want it

  • Includes extensive coverage of the Core Data API including data modeling and visioning using Xcode′s Data Model design tool

  • Demonstrates how to build iPad interfaces using that device′s unique UI elements

Wrox Professional guides are planned and written by working programmers to meet the real–world needs of programmers, developers, and IT professionals. Focused and relevant, they address the issues technology professionals face every day. They provide examples, practical solutions, and expert education in new technologies, all designed to help programmers do a better job.

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 3940 KB
  • Print Length: 409 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0470636173
  • Publisher: Wrox; 1 edition (1 Oct 2010)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B0046ZRFZS
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #182,822 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
A very nice book 26 July 2011
Format:Paperback
I found this to be a very nice book, it doesn't bore you to tears going over the basics like how to start your computer, install Xcode, use the interface.... blah blah etc that so many others do, and although it's described as a book about Database Applications, the content applies to most kinds of applications. Very well written, an essential addition to your library.
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Great book 1 Oct 2011
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Very well written, just the right amount of info needed to get past some of those hurdles when creating apps that require a database to run. Certainly one for your collection.
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30 of 31 people found the following review helpful
EXACTLY what I needed! 8 Feb 2011
By Mike McG - Published on Amazon.com
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I'm a 20 year veteran of Microsoft programming with a good grasp of OOP. I recently started learning iOS development, and after a brief intro to Objective-C I was ready to dive in to some business app coding. Unfortunately, the books I had purchased so far (though very good) didn't give me what I really needed, a real here's-how-you-do-it book on data-enabled apps.

With only a couple reviews of this book available, I was a little hesitant, but the specific nature of the title piqued my interest so I pulled the trigger, and am really glad I did.

Right out of the gate, you're building a basic catalog application. This is how I like to learn - by example. At every step, Mr. Alessi explains what you're doing and why, and in the course of building the first sample app, I gained a greater understanding of MVC than I had after several other texts.

By Chapter 3, you will have a solid foundation for building SQLite-based data-centric apps. Further into the book, you will be able to dress up your screens, and interact with the user and data however you want to. Even though the book states that certain skills/familiarities are required, I found the text to be extremely approachable, with explanations of code that may seem elementary to some, but I welcomed it whole-heartedly as I continue to learn iOS development.

This book may not be for everyone, but if you have a basic grasp of iOS development and Obj-C and need to get a database driven application built, you have everything you need right here.

From my perspective and for my needs, it is a no-brainer to give this book 5 stars.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
good book 10 Dec 2010
By K. Addaquay - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
i really like this book. its teaching me a great deal about working with sqlite and ios devices in a way that the other books haven't taught me. It touches on core data and working with web services as well. I am not giving a 5 on this only because i was hoping to get lots of information working with json, but didn't. Apart from that it does a marvelous job at explaining various and PROPER(mvc) ways of integration data into your applications.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
I keep going back - good Core Data foundation reference 31 Dec 2010
By Bham Jack - Published on Amazon.com
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I have used this book in two ways:

First I fast read from beginning to end skimming or skipping chapters of less immediate interest (I am working on a project using core data first on Cocoa - later on components for iPhone / iPad). I skimmed Part I (iDevs & SQLlite) to focus on Part II: Core Data. This was very helpful in getting a good overview of the Core Data model and in thinking through basic db design issues.

Later, as I have become enmeshed in the development cycle, I find myself returning before tackling each coding task that relates to the data model. I have found that taking this timeout after each block of programming, reading relevant sections again, has greatly increased my productivity and enhanced my knowledge at each step. The book is well organized so it is easy to find info relevant to tasks at hand and a 2nd reading (sometimes 3rd) after more actual experience is almost like getting a new book since information that kind of filled the background on a 1st read jumps out screaming 'oh yeah, I better take note of that".

My hat is off to this author, especially given the derth of useful Core Data references.
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