Learn Xcode Tools for Mac OS X and iPhone Development

This book will give you a thorough grounding in the principal and supporting tools and technologies that make up the Xcode developer tools suite. Apple has provided a comprehensive collection of developer tools, and this is the first book to examine the complete Apple programming environment for both Mac OS X and iPhone.

• Comprehensive coverage of all the Xcode developer tools
• Additional coverage of useful third-party development tools
• Not just a survey of features, but a serious examination of the complete development process for Mac OS X and iPhone applications

• The book is holistic, providing a comprehensive sweep across the available development tools.
• The book is structured, taking a logical and progressive journey from the basics to a firm understanding of the purposes, benefits, and limitations of each component of Xcode’s developer tools.
• The tone is friendly and accessible—we wouldn’t have it any other way.
• The book fills a niche—there is no other single book that focuses on this collection of developer tools.

All Mac OS X and iPhone developers who want to develop applications more efficiently by taking advantage of all the tools Apple offers in its Xcode suite, as well as many indispensable third-party tools.

Table of Contents

1. Introducing Xcode Tools for Mac OS X and the iPhone
2. Introducing the Xcode Workspace 9 Interface Builder
3. Core iPhone Tools
4. Frameworks in Xcode
5. Model-View-Controller in Xcode
6. Debugging Your Xcode Projects
7. Xcode Documentation
8. Developing an Application
9. Source-Code Management with Subversion
10. Unit Testing in Xcode
11. Monitoring, Analysis, and Performance Tools
12. Support Tools for the Busy Developer
13. Usability and Accessibility
14. Packaging and Distribution

Learn Xcode Tools for Mac OS X and iPhone Development is the only book that covers all of the tools in Apple’s developer toolkit for both Mac OS X and iPhone application development. So many developers are coming to Mac and iPhone and this is the book they’ll need to be productive and efficient in this rich environment.

I run a small information management consultancy business in the UK. Through this business we advise government and commercial clients on strategies for development of information management systems, and we also build bespoke Mac-based software and CMS-based websites for a wide range of clients.

In previous lives I have headed up technology and knowledge management departments in public and private sector organisations. I laid hands on my first Mac in 1986 and, aside from a couple of falls from grace in the dark days of the mid-90s, have been an Apple technology stalwart ever since.

I live, and whenever possible work, in a small market town in Warwickshire, in England. When I am not working my time is spent climbing and photographing mountains and raising two young children.