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Xcode 4 Cookbook Paperback – 23 May 2013

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Xcode 4 Cookbook

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184969334X
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978-1849693349
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Packt Publishing
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23 May 2013
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English
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19.05 x 2.31 x 23.5 cm
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402 pages
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Steven F. Daniel is originally from London, England, but lives in Australia.He is the owner and founder of GENIESOFT STUDIOS (http://www.geniesoftstudios.com/), a software development company based in Melbourne, Victoria, that currentlydevelops games and business applications for the iOS, Android, and Windows platforms.Steven is an experienced software developer with more than 13 years of experience developing desktop and web-based applications for a number of companies including,insurance, banking and fi nance, oil and gas, and local and state government.Steven is always interested in emerging technologies, and is a member of the SQL Server Special Interest Group (SQLSIG) and the Java Community. He has been the co-founder and Chief Technology Offi cer (CTO) of SoftMpire Pty Ltd., a company that focused primarily on developing business applications for the iOS and Android platforms.He is the author of Xcode 4 iOS Development Beginner's Guide, iOS 5 Essentials, and iPad Enterprise Application Development Blueprints. You can check out his blog at http://geniesoftstudios.com/blog/, or follow him on twitter at http://twitter.com/GenieSoftStudio.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Packt Publishing (23 May 2013)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 402 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 184969334X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1849693349
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 19.05 x 2.31 x 23.5 cm

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Steven F. Daniel is the CEO and founder of GENIESOFT STUDIOS, a software development company, which focuses primarily on developing games and business applications for the iOS, Android, and Mac OS X platforms. Steven is an experienced software engineer with more than 17 years of experience developing desktop and web-based applications for several companies and start-ups. Steven loves being at the forefront of technology and is a member of the SQL Server Special Interest Group (SQLSIG), Melbourne CocoaHeads, and the Java Community. He was the co-founder and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at SoftMpire Pty Ltd., a company that focused primarily on developing business applications for the iOS and Android platforms.

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mko

Typical cookbook

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 July 2013

When it comes to the content of this book, I would vote here for something between three and four stars. Why? Well, first off all, the idea of the book is really good. Sometimes, you simply don't fell like getting through all the details is a right thing to do. Sometimes, all you need is just a quick recipe of how to do things. But, as I said, quick recipes are all you want. And here come drawbacks of some of the recipes in this book. They are simply too long. At some point you just feel like you have lost a track of what's really happening (e.g. Building iCloud application - this recipe has 50 steps!). Of course, this is just an extremum. On the other hand, you have very useful recipes (very short ones) regarding instrumentation. OK, you just get some basics in case of this topic, but if you haven't used Instruments never, ever before, it will be just enough.

There is one more thing I haven't found quite useful. Recipes that focus on building applications. The point here is, that this kind of stuff shouldn't come into this book in a first place. This kind of approach focuses too much on the overlay architecture rather than on small pieces.

On the other hand, there is a part that I strongly advice to people who are starting their experience with XCode, iOS and all that stuff. That is, "Packaging and Deploying Your Application". If you try to do it by yourself, it becomes something that you will remember for your life :) And, this is the place where this book should definitely, help you.

For me, personally, this book is not a cover to cover one. I have found here few nice ideas, but I can't say that all the topics and their explanations where breath takers. Some of there where simply too long, some of them where just right, and some of them really surprised me in a positive way.

One more remark. This book is a typical cookbook, so, do not expect deep and detailed analysis of the topics.

For me, this book is like 3-4 stars.

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Winston Smith

A curates egg - parts are excellent

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 July 2013

The Xcode 4 Cookbook (by Stephen F. Daniel) is the most misleadingly named titled that I've read in a while. If you're after an Xcode 4 Cookbook and you're planning a little Mac OS X development then, make no mistake, you're in the wrong place. If you're after an iOS Cookbook (that name is already taken hence, I suppose, this title) then read on - this book might be right up your street.

The start of the book isn't, it must be said, all that promising. There are inaccuracies, and the first sections are just plain confusing. For example, despite what the book says, Xcode is not installed in the /Developer folder anymore and Xcode hasn't been installed in the /Developer folder for some years now.

As for the confusion, I can only conclude that Stephen Daniel wasn't entirely certain how to start his book. I sympathise. I wasn't entirely certain how to start this review, and that's a far smaller undertaking. In the beginning the book is tantalisingly vague and introduces concepts without explaining their purpose.

We are told 'It is worth mentioning that, if you set the StatusBar option to None, it does not mean that our application will start without a status bar.' Sadly, it doesn't seem to be worth explaining why this is the case. It is in instances like these that a little more explanation would be nice, especially with regard to what is going on under the bonnet.

Concepts like 'Strong' and 'Nonatomic' are introduced in the first chapter without actually explaining their purpose. Bizarrely, they are introduced in a 'Hello World' program, a program that I had always understood should be as simple as possible. I appreciate and understand the style of an experienced developer, but a newbie needs to be eased in gently. An overly complex 'Hello World' program may dissuade beginners from exploring further. This mish-mash of advanced (well, advanced for 'Hello World') and simple concepts continues with the next section which goes on to explain Compiler Directives. I can't help thinking that a developer who doesn't understand Compiler Directives or 'Hello World' might be starting in the wrong place with this book. In my view, these sections could be - should be - dropped from the text and the book would be all the richer for it.

After this early false start, the book begins to get into its stride of teaching new Xcode concepts. As a developer used to the 'old ways', I found chapter 3's storyboards genuinely interesting. It is all too easy, I find, to get stuck in the rut of what one knows, so I was grateful to be lead by the hand into pastures new. I tried the example (which worked, as one might expect), and it gives me the confidence that if (when) I use this feature in software of my own I shouldn't have too much difficulty.

Similarly, although Instruments is a tool that I use regularly there are many features that I have ignored or not yet discovered. Instruments is not covered in its entirety here, that would probably take a book in its own right, but enough of a taster is provided to encourage seasoned users to explore further and to ensure that the first steps for a beginner are not too onerous.

I thought that I would skip the section on Core Location, merrily ignoring all that it had to say. Core Location, I thought, is not very interesting or relevant to me. But you know what? I read the Core Location section and felt inspired. It makes it seem so easy, and something well presented in this way will often encourage the good ideas to flow thick and fast.

I could go on, but the truth is that this is a fairly weighty book (or would be, if it was paper). The iCloud APIs are covered, as are Multimedia Resources, the formatting and drawing of text and graphics (Core Image), Core Data is covered (which I've used and I'm happy with), as is Game Kit (which I haven't) and Bluetooth. The Facebook SDK section was briefly diverting but, I suspect, pointless. This isn't the fault of the author, rather it is a function of the mutability of the Facebook APIs. With Facebook, what you read today will be deprecated tomorrow - and if you doubt that then I've got a bunch of Facebook developer books that I'd like to sell you.

I liked the section on setting up a Developer account. I had to work this out for myself and, although not too hard, it took longer than I would have liked and I stumbled over a few obvious obstacles on the way.

The typography and layout, at least for the eBook, is generally good although some of the highlighted code didn't format properly on my iPad. The code works and the downloads available on the net should considerably reduce wear and tear on your finger tips. In fact, with this book, an unscrupulous developer could simply rip off the provided code, include a snazzy icon, and shovel it onto the App Store - picking up a few bob on the way. Alternatively, a good developer could use this book as an inspirational and useful tool to learn new tricks and prompt new ideas.

To sum up, nothing here is covered in hugely great detail - but it provides a useful jumping off point to more focussed and in-depth books. The first sections, about ten percent of the book in total, seem a little pointless to me and the name of the book is just wrong. If you're a seasoned developer and what you're after is an iOS Cookbook, a source of inspiration, and a selection of handy tips on tools and features that you might have ignored up to now then don't waste another moment. Go and buy this book now.

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S. Devshi

A book of recipes in a nutshell!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 September 2013

Iv had a quick glance through this book and it is pretty much as it says on the tin - it teaches you how to implement specific recipes and gives you a tutorial on each so you get to grips with it. It also gives an explanation on "how it works" just to help with your understanding.

I would say its not ideal for complete beginners and more suited for people who have got a reasonable grip with Xcode and are ready to take it to the next stage beyond the basic level where they are beginning to feel more confident and familiar with the programme.

There is a lot to this book and I would be lying if I said iv been through it all (its over 400pages) but you know your getting a reasonable amount of information with this for the price. It will take you a while to get through each recipe so its not going to be something your done and dusted with early.

I am not really aware of any other recipe books like this so if you want to get to better grips with more of the functionality of xcode I would check this book out. Ensure you are use to xcode a little first however and are committed to trying these recipes out as they will take a fair bit of time to implement I imagine.

Overall - does what it says on the tin!

S.D

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