14 DAY TRIAL // Xcode 3 Unleashed has been... unleashed. The book details Apple's Mac and iPhone development suite and contains a guide by Mac developer Fritz Anderson, in which he thoroughly explains to readers the best and easiest ways to build any Mac or iPhone application.
Priced at US $44.99, Xcode 3 Unleashed, written by the renowned Mac developer, includes a definitive guide to making the most of Xcode 3 to build any Macintosh or iPhone application. The author leads users through a simple project that covers the entire Xcode 3.x development lifecycle. Building and debugging command-line tools, creating Mac OS X user interfaces, modeling data, localizing languages, compiling applications, and much more is detailed in the guide. Readers are also introduced to all of Apple's development tools, ranging from the latest version of Interface Builder to Instruments - Apple's latest tool used by development to analyze and optimize their code.
If, by any chance, you want to manage your source code in more than just one environment, whether you're part of a team or not, Anderson thoroughly sheds light on Xcode 3's build system and on how it can be used to make the most of Apple's performance tools. This particular section of the guide contains vital information about the powerful Shark statistical profiler, according to informIT.
The same source notes that Anderson's Xcode 3 Unleashed is actually "a comprehensive revision" of the author's previous bestseller, Step into Xcode. "Its breadth, depth, and practical focus will make it indispensable to every Mac developer: experienced programmers upgrading from Xcode 2 or migrating from CodeWarrior; UNIX/Linux programmers moving to Mac OS X; even new programmers," it is pointed out on the site.
So, for US $44.99, you get detailed information on how to?
- Succeed with every stage of the Mac OS X application lifecycle; - Make the most of Xcode 3's core tools for editing, debugging, testing, and compilation; - Get the most from new improvements to Interface Builder; - Create robust applications using the Model-View-Controller paradigm; - Utilize dynamic libraries and frameworks; - Build Universal Binaries to run on both Intel and PowerPC Macs; - Add Spotlight searchability to data files; - Profile memory, I/O, graphics, and threading in real-time; - Accelerate both your applications and your development processes; - Leverage new improvements to the Xcode documentation system; - Avoid header ambiguity, disappearing links, and other Xcode development pitfalls.
The Sample Content of Anderson's Xcode 3 Unleashed is available from informIT's web page, as is more info on how to acquire your own copy of the book.