01-17-2013, 10:37 PM
When people say "write an iPhone app", they usually mean write it in Objective C using the iPhone SDK and XCode. The book about which you are asking does not cover this type of programming.
Before Apple opened up the iPhone SDK to the world, iPhone app programmers had to essentially write apps that run in a web browser context. That is what this book covers. If you are planning on learning iPhone development, this is not where you should start. If you already have an idea for an app, have little to no experience with C-based languages, and have some experience with HTML, JavaScript, and CSS, then give the book a try.
I would start at iTunes U. There are plenty of free classes there. You are expected to have C/C++ or similar ability going in. Objective C is a superset of C.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/iph...d384233225
https://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/ipa...7255?mt=10
https://itunes.apple.com/us/course/iphon...d569846878
Before Apple opened up the iPhone SDK to the world, iPhone app programmers had to essentially write apps that run in a web browser context. That is what this book covers. If you are planning on learning iPhone development, this is not where you should start. If you already have an idea for an app, have little to no experience with C-based languages, and have some experience with HTML, JavaScript, and CSS, then give the book a try.
I would start at iTunes U. There are plenty of free classes there. You are expected to have C/C++ or similar ability going in. Objective C is a superset of C.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/iph...d384233225
https://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/ipa...7255?mt=10
https://itunes.apple.com/us/course/iphon...d569846878