New Edition of “Beginning iPhone 3 Development” Just Went Live…

I am pretty excited. The new edition of “Beginning iPhone 3 Development” just went live on Amazon. And it is starting to sell. eBook too. Nice!

First things first. Here’s what’s changed since the first edition:

• All code samples have been updated to follow current Apple coding conventions
• The autorotation code has been updated to use the new single-step fast autorotation instead of the original two-step method
• A new section has been added introducing Core Data, covering basic principles and showing how to build a simple Core Data application
• All the table view’related chapters have been updated to use table view cell styles. They’ve also been updated to use textLabel and detailTextLabel instead of the deprecated text property of the table view cell.
• All known errata have been corrected
• All projects have been rebuilt from scratch using the SDK 3.0 templates
• Many concepts have been clarified based on feedback and supplemented with information we’ve learned from another year of using the SDK

The biggest point to be aware of and to pass along to other folks you know (please do!) is that this book does not cover the new stuff added with the release of SDK 3. We did add a Core Data example, true, but that’s the extent to which we cover the SDK 3 addons. That is the job for the new book Jeff and I are feverishly writing, “More iPhone 3 Development”. More iPhone 3 Dev goes into a lot of detail on Core Data (a LOT of detail) and really takes you on a journey through all the new stuff introduced with SDK 3.

Know that Jeff and I really do appreciate your purchases. You are making it possible for Jeff and I to put our consulting gigs on hold and write fulltime. Your support is awesome. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!

Oh, also, note that I’ve updated the link in the sidebar to point to the new book on Amazon.

– Dave

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