My journey into Xcode for OSX continues...
The first book is a great dip in and out reference, the second a great learn-by-doing tutorial introducing some pretty advanced topics like testing and 'pimp my UI'! The 4th takes a learn-by-doing journey but starts with an iOS app development which is then ported over to Mac OSX to cover some specific topics. This latter book is perhaps more than I need but a great approach to teaching the core topics used when developing iOS or OSX apps. I prefer the books comprehensively cover set of topics to a certain level to allow the reader to develop the required skills in a carefully designed learning curriculum. Concepts and practice combine to build up a solid springboard to the skills required to get on with your app development. The youtube videos are great and thanks to the creators but they lack the comprehensive coverage of topics given by the edited and honed paper-based publications.
You are not just paying for a hard copy you are paying for a whole team designing a great approach to learning these skills.
All good books that I recommend if you're getting into Xcode/Apple App development and don't have the time to wade through lots of online tutorials.
I've been going through a load of online tutorials for Xcode. Most of them are aimed at iOS developers which have some applicability to me however there are some excellent OSX specific tutorials out there. I found youtube tutorials particularly useful. My favourites in the order I wished I'd found them were:
These were really good but I ended up buying some books - sometimes you can't beat the old fashioned media. The three books I bought all proved really useful to work through some examples and to be an easy reference:
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The first book is a great dip in and out reference, the second a great learn-by-doing tutorial introducing some pretty advanced topics like testing and 'pimp my UI'! The 4th takes a learn-by-doing journey but starts with an iOS app development which is then ported over to Mac OSX to cover some specific topics. This latter book is perhaps more than I need but a great approach to teaching the core topics used when developing iOS or OSX apps. I prefer the books comprehensively cover set of topics to a certain level to allow the reader to develop the required skills in a carefully designed learning curriculum. Concepts and practice combine to build up a solid springboard to the skills required to get on with your app development. The youtube videos are great and thanks to the creators but they lack the comprehensive coverage of topics given by the edited and honed paper-based publications.
You are not just paying for a hard copy you are paying for a whole team designing a great approach to learning these skills.
All good books that I recommend if you're getting into Xcode/Apple App development and don't have the time to wade through lots of online tutorials.
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