iPad Application Development For Dummies?

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Pub. Date: 2010-04-01
Publisher(s): For Dummies
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Summary

Turn your iPad ideas into amazing apps with this exciting new guide!Whether you're app development amateur or programming professional, you'll discover how to get in on the App Store development gold rush and start developing for the iPad with this fun and easy guide. The iPad offers developers of all levels more opportunities than ever before to be a part of the app development game, and this book is your ticket to joining in the fun. You'll learn the basics of getting started, downloading the SDK, using context-based design, and filling your toolbox. Then you'll move on to using Objective-Cand Xcode to program robust and vibrant apps and games specifically for the mobile platform. Offers a plain-English guide whether you're a novice or a seasoned developer who is interested in developing iPad applications Covers working with the multitouch interface and in split-screen mode Provides useful advice on what applications thrive in the App Store and which have the most potential to turn a profit Includes a companion Web site with source codePacked with helpful advice on the ins and outs of developing great apps for mobile devices, iPad Application Development For Dummies gets you started creating cool new apps right away!

Table of Contents

Introduction
Creating the Killer App
What Makes a Killer iPad App
Creating a Compelling User Experience
The App Store Is Not Enough
Becoming a Real Developer
Enlisting in the Developer Corps
Getting to Know the SDK
Death, Taxes, and iPad Provisioning
Understanding Apps
Looking Behind the Screen
Understanding How an App Runs
Building DeepThoughts
Building the User Interface
Animating the View
Adding User Settings and Gestures
Getting the Bugs Out
Building an Industrial-Strength Application
Designing Your Application
Delighting the User at Application Launch
Navigating Your Application
Enhancing the User Experience
Adding the Stuff
The Part of Tens
Ten Tips on iPad App Design
Ten Ways to Be a Happy Developer
Index
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