by Michael Privat, Robert Warner
Pro iOS Persistence explains how to build apps in Objective-C and Swift that persist and use data most effectively including the popular Core Data framework. Covering common and advanced persistence patterns, this book prepares any iOS developer to store and retrieve data accurately and efficiently.This book starts by giving you a solid grounding in Core Data, providing a foundation for the rest of the book...
Price: $45.28 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2014
by Jonathon Manning, Paris Buttfield-Addison
Want to build games with iOS technologies? This cookbook provides detailed recipes for a wide range of common iOS game-development issues, ranging from 2D and 3D math to Game Center integration, and OpenGL to performance. If you're familiar with iOS and Objective-C, this is the problem-solving guide you want.Rather than focus on specific game engines for iOS, such as Cocos2D or the Corona SDK, the reci...
Price: $6.70 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2014
Beginning iPhone Development, 7th Edition 
by David Mark, Jack Nutting, Kim Topley, Fredrik Olsson, Jeff LaMarche
The team that brought you the bestselling Beginning iPhone Development, the book that taught the world to program on the iPhone, is back again, bringing this definitive guide up-to-date with Apple's latest and greatest new iOS 8 and its SDK, as well as with the latest version of Xcode.You'll have everything you need to create your very own apps for the latest iOS devices. Every single sample app i...
Price: $40.25 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2014
by Scott Gardner
Developing apps for Apple's broadening platform of devices is an exciting topic these days. Apple created the Swift programming language to build state-of-the-art apps using the latest Apple technologies.In this 200-page book, author Scott Gardner articulates the similarities and differences between traditional Objective-C based programming and Swift, revealing what you need to know from syntax changes...
Price: $25.84 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2014
by Matthew Campbell
Swift Quick Syntax Reference is a condensed code and syntax reference to the new Apple Swift programming language, which is the alternative new programming language alongside Objective-C behind the APIs found in the Apple iOS SDK 8 and OS X Yosemite SDK. It presents the essential Swift syntax in a well-organized format that can be used as a handy reference.You won't find any technical jargon, bloated s...
Price: $19.99 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2014
Beginning Xcode: Swift Edition, 2nd Edition 
by Matthew Knott
Beginning Xcode, Swift Edition will not only get you up and running with Apple's latest version of Xcode, but it also shows you how to use Swift in Xcode and includes a variety of projects to build.If you already have some programming experience with iOS SDK and Objective-C, but want a more in-depth tutorial on Xcode, especially Xcode with Apple's new programming language, Swift, then Beginning Xc...
Price: $12.42 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2014
by Gary Bennett, Brad Lees
The professional development team that brought you two editions of Objective-C for the Absolute Beginners and have taught thousands of developers around the world to write some of the most popular iPhone apps in their categories on the app store, have now leveraged their instruction for Swift.Swift for Absolute Beginners is perfect for those with no programming background, those with some programming experi...
Price: $41.92 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2014
by Jonathon Manning, Paris Buttfield-Addison, Tim Nugent
Ready to build apps for iPhone, iPad, and Mac now that Swift has landed? If you're an experienced programmer who's never touched Apple developer tools, this hands-on book shows you how to use the Swift language to make incredible iOS and OS X apps, using Cocoa and Cocoa Touch.Learn how to use Swift in a wide range of real-world situations, with Cocoa features such as Event Kit and Core Animation. ...
Price: $4.99 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2014
by Anthony Gray
Get quick answers for developing and debugging applications with Swift, Apple's multi-paradigm programming language. This pocket reference is the perfect on-the-job tool for learning Swift's modern language features, including type safety, generics, type inference, closures, tuples, automatic memory management, and support for Unicode.Designed to work with Cocoa and Cocoa Touch, Swift can be used ...
Price: $3.98 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2014
by Jeff Mesnil
Learn how to use messaging technologies to build responsive and resilient applications for mobile devices and web browsers. With this hands-on guide, you'll use the STOMP and MQTT messaging protocols to write iOS and web applications capable of sending and receiving GPS and device sensor data, text messages, and alerts.Messaging protocols are not only simple to use, but also conserve network bandwidth,...
Price: $11.00 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2014