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iOS Development with Xamarin Cookbook
This book will provide you with the necessary knowledge and skills to be part of the mobile development era, using C#. Covering a wide range of recipes such as creating a simple application and using device features effectively, it will be your companion to the complete application development cycle. Starting from installing the necessary tools, you will be guided step-by-step on everything you need to develop an application ready to be deployed. You will learn the best practices for interacting with the device hardware, such as the GPS, compass, and the accelerometer. Furthermore, you will be able to manage multimedia resources such as photos and videos captured with the device camera, and much more! Dimitris Tavlikos is a freelance software developer living in Greece. With over 10 years of professional experience as a programmer, he specializes in mobile development with clients all over the world. Dimitris has a passion for programming, and has recently been awarded the Xamarin MVP designation for his work.
400 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2014
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July 15, 2014
If you are looking for a fast and easy way to learn and apply immediately what you are learning, then iOS Development with Xamarin Cookbook is the perfect book for you.
This book is a cookbook, it follows the simple pattern Problem-Solution with the addition of a deep explaination about the implementation and why it works in that way. As any other Packt publication, the style is clean and fluid. I've read the e-book version, then I can't say a lot about the printed version.
Topics in the book are well organized. The first few chapters explain in an easily way the basics of iOS development, usage of development tools and the different concepts of iOS, and this makes the book suitable for beginners. More detailed topics are covered in the second part of the book. Personally, I would have liked to read a more extensive discussion of multitasking and others recipes in the Graphics and Animations chapter.
Finally, the book covers all the topics in a perfect way so it could be useful for both beginners and intermediates who look for fast solutions and expand on some themes.
This book is a cookbook, it follows the simple pattern Problem-Solution with the addition of a deep explaination about the implementation and why it works in that way. As any other Packt publication, the style is clean and fluid. I've read the e-book version, then I can't say a lot about the printed version.
Topics in the book are well organized. The first few chapters explain in an easily way the basics of iOS development, usage of development tools and the different concepts of iOS, and this makes the book suitable for beginners. More detailed topics are covered in the second part of the book. Personally, I would have liked to read a more extensive discussion of multitasking and others recipes in the Graphics and Animations chapter.
Finally, the book covers all the topics in a perfect way so it could be useful for both beginners and intermediates who look for fast solutions and expand on some themes.
July 11, 2014
Read this book and follow its "recipes" has been a pleasure. It is one of the few books on this platform in their latest versions, which is very good and everything will work properly.
It is very well handled the theme of the book and its very consistent structure.
Get source code to download fully functional, which is extremely valuable for study.
It is a book I recommend its purchase with the recipes you have, you can begin to make complete applications tailored to our needs.
Of course I hope the new edition with Xamarin's new features and new APPLE's SDK (IOS 8).
It is very well handled the theme of the book and its very consistent structure.
Get source code to download fully functional, which is extremely valuable for study.
It is a book I recommend its purchase with the recipes you have, you can begin to make complete applications tailored to our needs.
Of course I hope the new edition with Xamarin's new features and new APPLE's SDK (IOS 8).
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May 12, 2016For the first run through looks ok. Will see how is it when I actually start using some of the examples from it. Then, I will add my mark, but untill then it is really good book for someone (like me) who is getting into iOS worl for the first time.
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