Migrating to iPhone and iPad for .NET Developers [electronic resource] /
Mamone, Mark.author.
Today's .NET developers are intrigued by what the iPhone and iPad apps landscape has to offer. Admit it: you're one of them. Apple's App Store has hundreds of thousands of apps, and yours can be among them. iPhone and iPad app development using the iOS software development kit is one of the most appealing environments available for mobile technology. Migrating to iPhone and iPad for .NET Developers helps .NET programmers get started creating iPhone and iPad apps using the iOS software development kit. Start with a crash course on development using iOS. Then, find out whether you want to use Xcode instead of Visual Studio, and prepare yourself for the migration from C# to Objective-C! You'll learn how your existing .NET skills can map most efficiently to the iOS development environment. Next, you'll really get coding with Objective-C and the iOS software development kit. You'll build your skills and enhance your apps with visually appealing, dynamic user interfaces and pushing/pulling data from a database though events and more. Discover the wonders of the Cocoa library, and learn new ways to do things you already know like the back of your hand in the .NET environment. Nearing the finish line, you'll build your first complete iPhone or iPad app, and extend your iPhone app features—for example, by using third-party libraries. Once you have created that first iPhone or iPad app, we'll walk you through making it available on the App Store. Migrating to iPhone and iPad for .NET Developers even offers tips on how to market your apps to new customers. When you finish reading Migrating to iPhone and iPad for .NET Developers, you'll be an iOS apps developer as well as a .NET developer, in today's competitive and fun mobile landscape!
Description based upon print version of record.
Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents at a Glance; Table of Contents; About the Author; About the Technical Reviewer; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 Get Set Up: Tools and Development on Apple's Platforms and Technologies; Registering As an Apple Developer; Application Development Considerations; Generic Development Principles; Third-Party Development Principles; Application Approaches; Web Applications; Native Applications; Apple Platforms and Technologies; Apple Terminology and Concepts; Understanding the iOS; Application Development Using Apple Components; iOS SDK
Third-Party OptionsMono Family; Core Mono; MonoTouch; MonoDevelop; DragonFire SDK; Appcelerator's Titanium Mobile; Marmalade SDK; Flash Professional Creative Studio 5; Overview of the App Store; Selling Apps at the App Store; Submitting an App to the Store; Summary; Chapter 2 Jump In: A Crash Course on Development Using the iOS SDK; Getting Started; Choosing the Right Machine; Choosing the iOS SDK; What's New in Xcode 4?; Apple iOS Dev Center Resources; Installing Xcode and the iOS SDK; An Objective-C Primer; Objective-C Terminology; Object Model; Square Brackets and Methods; Calling a Method
Passing and RetrievingNaming Conventions; Importing; Class Definition and Implementation; Nil Objects; Exception Handling; Memory Management; Creating Your First iPhone Application; Creating a Project; Exploring Your Project and File Structure; Initializing Your Application; Creating Your User Interface; Using Interface Builder; Initializing Your View; Using Automatic Reference Counting; Why Use It?; Enabling ARC; Migrating to ARC; Programming with ARC; Summary; Chapter 3 Understand Your Options: Using Third-Party Solutions and MonoTouch; Understanding the Constraints
Developing with Mono and MonoTouchInstalling Mono, MonoDevelop, and MonoTouch; Installing Mono; Installing MonoDevelop; Installing MonoTouch; Creating Hello, World Using MonoTouch; Using Appcelerator's Titanium Mobile; Installing Titanium; Creating Hello, World Using Titanium; Using the Marmalade SDK; Installing Marmalade; Creating Hello, World Using Marmalade; Summary; Chapter 4 Going Deeper: .NET, Objective-C, and the iOS SDK; Comparing iOS Device Capabilities; iOS Application Design; Design Considerations; Design Patterns; Looking Under the Hood of an Application
The Application Life CycleManaging Application States; Managing an Application's Behaviors; Dealing with Orientation Changes; Files Within Your Application and the Application Sandbox; Multitasking; Comparing the .NET Framework with iOS and the iOS SDK; User-Interface Services; Application Services; Media Layer; Core Services; Runtime Services; Objective-C Primer, Part 2; Class Declaration; Method Declaration; Properties; Strings; Interfaces and Protocols; Delegation; Comments; Comparing .NET and Xcode Tools; XCode 4 Primer; The IDE Workspace and Its Editors; Code Completion and Support
Schemes and Scheme Editors
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Today's .NET developers are intrigued by what the iPhone and iPad apps landscape has to offer. Admit it: you're one of them. Apple's App Store has hundreds of thousands of apps, and yours can be among them. iPhone and iPad app development using the iOS software development kit is one of the most appealing environments available for mobile technology. Migrating to iPhone and iPad for .NET Developers helps .NET programmers get started creating iPhone and iPad apps using the iOS software development kit. Start with a crash course on development using iOS. Then, find out whether you want to use Xcode instead of Visual Studio, and prepare yourself for the migration from C# to Objective-C! You'll learn how your existing .NET skills can map most efficiently to the iOS development environment. Next, you'll really get coding with Objective-C and the iOS software development kit. You'll build your skills and enhance your apps with visually appealing, dynamic user interfaces and pushing/pulling data from a database though events and more. Discover the wonders of the Cocoa library, and learn new ways to do things you already know like the back of your hand in the .NET environment. Nearing the finish line, you'll build your first complete iPhone or iPad app, and extend your iPhone app features—for example, by using third-party libraries. Once you have created that first iPhone or iPad app, we'll walk you through making it available on the App Store. Migrating to iPhone and iPad for .NET Developers even offers tips on how to market your apps to new customers. When you finish reading Migrating to iPhone and iPad for .NET Developers, you'll be an iOS apps developer as well as a .NET developer, in today's competitive and fun mobile landscape!
iOS (Electronic resource)
Microsoft .NET Framework.
Microsoft software.
Microsoft .NET Framework.
Application software.
Microsoft and .NET.
Computer Applications.