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iOS Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide
iOS The Big Nerd Ranch Guide leads you through the essential concepts, tools, and techniques for developing iOS applications. After completing this book, you will have the know-how and the confidence you need to tackle iOS projects of your own. Based on Big Nerd Ranch's popular iOS Bootcamp course and its well-tested materials and methodology, this bestselling guide teaches iOS concepts and coding in tandem. The result is instruction that is relevant and useful. Throughout the book, the authors explain what's important and share their insights into the larger context of the iOS platform. You get a real understanding of how iOS development works, the many features that are available, and when and where to apply what you've learned.
414 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 21, 2015
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July 9, 2018
Last Christmas I started going through this book, 5th edition, but with the current versions of Xcode and Swift. For the most part, the discrepancies were good exercise. It's a little amazing how much Xcode saw me coming with the previous version of Swift.
The book covers developing interfaces in iOS really well. I kind of wish there were a few more tutorials on implementing device features, but maybe that is the easy part.
Going through the 5th edition today got difficult in the final chapters on Core Data. There were too many discrepancies with current software that were too difficult to sort through. Use the current edition of this book with the current tools though, and it's an excellent start with iOS development.
The book covers developing interfaces in iOS really well. I kind of wish there were a few more tutorials on implementing device features, but maybe that is the easy part.
Going through the 5th edition today got difficult in the final chapters on Core Data. There were too many discrepancies with current software that were too difficult to sort through. Use the current edition of this book with the current tools though, and it's an excellent start with iOS development.
May 5, 2018
Great book! Thank you guys!
September 9, 2017
I decided to learn me some iOS and chose this book. Overall, I'm happy with the choice.
The book explains the basics well and walks you though some example projects that you have to implement. It showcases XCode, it showcases Interface Builder and the important components and it even gives good use cases for many Swift features. It's a great introduction and I would recommend it to anybody that wants to get in iOS.
The only think I disliked is that it occasionally pulls punches. It's strays away doing more advanced stuff when it would have been interesting to and it tries to avoid explaining some things that are more complicated.
Apart from that, I'm quite happy I chose it.
The book explains the basics well and walks you though some example projects that you have to implement. It showcases XCode, it showcases Interface Builder and the important components and it even gives good use cases for many Swift features. It's a great introduction and I would recommend it to anybody that wants to get in iOS.
The only think I disliked is that it occasionally pulls punches. It's strays away doing more advanced stuff when it would have been interesting to and it tries to avoid explaining some things that are more complicated.
Apart from that, I'm quite happy I chose it.
July 15, 2017
Good introduction to iOS development and Xcode. The book is organized as step-by-step tutorials that span over multiple chapters, which I believe is a great format for programmer newbies. Through the chapters, it covers a lot of ground and teaches you many aspects of iOS development.
However, being an already experienced programmer myself (but new to Xcode and UIKit), I found the instructions and code examples growing a bit tedious, repetitive and excessively verbose. Personally, I would have preferred shorter and more succinct chapters without the tutorial format.
However, being an already experienced programmer myself (but new to Xcode and UIKit), I found the instructions and code examples growing a bit tedious, repetitive and excessively verbose. Personally, I would have preferred shorter and more succinct chapters without the tutorial format.
July 8, 2021
I found this book to be completely unsubstantial; it contained surface level tips for iOS development and long-winded black-and-white screenshots of XCode. If you want to learn the fundamentals of iOS development - and nothing else - this is the book for you. I feel as though most of this information would be far better condensed to an online tutorial series.
October 28, 2017
Oh look - Swift 4 came out while I was working on this book.
Some of later chapters didn't explain a lot of the code segments, especially around completion closures and Core Data, but overall, very good. Fun projects.
Some of later chapters didn't explain a lot of the code segments, especially around completion closures and Core Data, but overall, very good. Fun projects.
June 15, 2017
Great hands-on intro to iOS apps with swift
June 12, 2018
Good small to medium projects.
Some sections are really hard to wrap your head around, such as Core Data, Core Graphics.
A good book overall
Some sections are really hard to wrap your head around, such as Core Data, Core Graphics.
A good book overall
May 16, 2020
One of the best iOS programming books
August 19, 2016
Although being a very good book, it really suffers from bad style of writing, quick jump, lack of good clarification & using an inappropriate example in the last chapters of the book, e.g. Chapters 18-22. I imagined someone else has written these chapters. I really hope BNR could rewrite these chapters from scratch in the next edition.
April 20, 2018
A great guide for exploring how to build iOS apps
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