iOS Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide, 3/e (Big Nerd Ranch

iOS Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide, 3/e (Big Nerd Ranch Guides)

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Better and Bigger than the previous one.
This books helps to ease your learning curve if you are interested to start development for the iOS 5 platform.Excellent explanation on ARC, strong and weak references, and retain cycles.New chapters on using gesture recognizers, storyboards, NSRegularExpression, and the iCloud.You will enjoy also the chapter on the the Model-View-Controller-Store design pattern.The writing style is the same, but in my opinion the topics are clearer than the previous editions.Also, for Code that you should delete is struck through, making it clear what is needed to be deleted (Your eyes catch them right away).Oh, I almost forget. You do not want to miss the story on UIStoryboard.
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March 28, 2012 (Orlando, Florida USA) | Helpful Votes: 9 | Rating: 5

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Much Clearer than 2nd Edition
I found this edition of the book to be a little simpler to understand than the second edition. It may be due to the fact that Apple now supports ARC and the authors don't have to worry about explaining it. But overall, I think they really went back and tried to explain things in the clearest ways possible and at least through the first five chapters, everything has been making a lot of sense. It is hard for people not very familiar with programming (like myself) to grasp some of the concepts like delegation but I found that reading through the chapters slowly and working through examples is building a solid foundation. I would highly recommend using this book to start iOS development.
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April 12, 2012 (Central Valley, CA) | Helpful Votes: 8 | Rating: 5

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The best iOS programming guide I have tried.
I have been using the second edition of this book and am thrilled that the nicely updated 3rd edition is here. I had tried other sources, but was frustrated by the assumptions the authors had made. They would go into boring detail about some things and skip things that they thought were obvious, but that I just didn't get. This book is written by classroom instructors, and it has been updated twice, not only keeping up with Apple's new software and hardware, but also incorporating questions that the authors students had in class.
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March 28, 2012 | Helpful Votes: 10 | Rating: 5

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This is the eBook version of the printed book.

 Updated and expanded to cover iOS 5 and Xcode 4.3, iOS Programming: 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 understanding, 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 best-selling guide teaches iOS concepts and coding in tandem. The result is instruction that is relevant and useful.

Throughout the book, the authors clearly explain what’s important to know and share their insights into the larger context of the iOS platform. This gives you a real understanding of how iOS development works, the many features that are available, and when and where to apply what you’ve learned.

Here are some of the topics covered:

• Xcode 4.3, Instruments, and Storyboards
• ARC, strong and weak references, and retain cycles
• Interfacing with iCloud
• Handling touch events and gestures
• Tool bars, navigation controllers, and split view controllers
• Localization and Internationalization
• Block syntax and use
• Background execution and multi-tasking
• Saving/loading data: Archiving and Core Data
• Core Location and Map Kit
• Communicating with web services
• Working with XML, JSON, and NSRegularExpression
•   Using the Model-View-Controller-Store design pattern

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BigCatch 3.1MP CCD Microscope Eyepiece / C-Mount Camera EMC-310M [Windows 7, XP, Vista, & Mac OS]

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The EMC-310M employs a revolutionary, fully coated; MTF (Modulation Transfer Function) based optical system for improved image flatness and contrast. The images are bright and distinct even at the periphery of the field of view. It offers excellent performance when combined with the plan-achromatic objective. The EMC-310M displays and captures images in high quality true color and when properly grounded the cameras metal body ensures effective anti-interference. The EMC-310M is simply inserted directly in the ocular-tube or the photo-tube and with the included adaptors is also workable on a stereomicroscope.

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Digital Audio Technology, Fourth Edition: A Guide to CD, MiniDisc, SACD, DVD(A), MP3 and DAT

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An expert team from SONY Europe explains the technology behind today's major digital audio consumer products, including the Compact Disc, MiniDisc, Super Audio CD, DVD-Audio, MP3 and Digital Audio Tape.

Beginning with a fascinating overview of the history of audio technology, this fourth edition addresses the principles and technologies which underpin the various formats currently available. Considerable technical detail is provided, with extensive use of illustrations to enhance understanding.

Audio engineers, students and hi-fi enthusiasts who want to gain an understanding of the way these technologies have been developed will find no better introduction than this authoritative guide from SONY, a forerunner in the digital audio industry.


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Beware, this is a Technical manual
I bought this thinking I could beef-up my knowledge on DVD-Audio and SACD. This is not what your looking for for in-depth info, its more of a technical engineers manual if anything with hardly any info on DVD-A or SACD with very, very small articles on these topics. I has more charts and technical data on very scientific data that only an engineer can decipher. Its put out by the people at Sony and Philips and gives you the same info that you can get in a tech magazine. Save your money, its not worth it.
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May 8, 2002 (Carrollton, TX. United States) | Helpful Votes: 19 | Rating: 3

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Professional Android 4 Application Development

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I wish I checked out the previous editions.
I only received my copy of the book about 2 days ago, but so far it has been one of the most impressive resources I've found on Android development (not just books, but across the web too).Background:I come from a heavy background in web development, specifically PHP (call it a language or a mess, but it's my web programming language of choice). I've wanted to move into Android development for a while, but never really had an opportunity until recently (3 months ago) to produce something. Naturally, moving to Android development was rough at first for countless reasons, so I've bought books, read tutorials, blogs, watched countless Google I/O videos, and spent hours upon hours browsing the API. For the most part, I've found "here's how to do (insert random task here)." Rarely have tutorials come with the reason something is a best practice or why their way is better than another. Since this is the case for a lot of languages, I mostly accepted it and did my...
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April 25, 2012 | Helpful Votes: 12 | Rating: 5

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Well Written, Loaded with Information
I have been doing Android Development since the bad "old" days of 1.5 (and even before, trying to get it running on several Palm/WIndows Mobile phones during beta).I have been subjected to "The Source is your docs" for so much of that time that I rarely rely on someone else to collate all of the necessary day-to-day information needed to create apps that delve below the "inch-deep" level.Now, I may not change my "Google it" habits (after all, Google-fu is a must-have weapon in a modern programmer's arsenal), however, I can turn to the relevant section of this book and find exactly what I need to get started or dig deeper into nearly any facet of app creation, and even (gasp!) find the relevant best-practices!All in all, Professional Android 4 Application Development is suited to either a programmer just getting started with Android, or the "I have 6 apps in Google Play" developer who thinks they have this Android thing figured out.Excellent work, and I will...
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May 7, 2012 | Helpful Votes: 3 | Rating: 5

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Excellent, broad coverage
This is an excellent starting point for Android development. Everything that is relevant in the Android programming world (from Activities and Intents to NFC, Widgets, Geolocation) is covered in sufficient depth for performing practical activities - but with good references for a profound research on a particular topic.
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May 6, 2012 | Helpful Votes: 3 | Rating: 5

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Developers, build mobile Android apps using Android 4

The fast-growing popularity of Android smartphones and tablets creates a huge opportunities for developers. If you're an experienced developer, you can start creating robust mobile Android apps right away with this professional guide to Android 4 application development. Written by one of Google's lead Android developer advocates, this practical book walks you through a series of hands-on projects that illustrate the features of the Android SDK. That includes all the new APIs introduced in Android 3 and 4, including building for tablets, using the Action Bar, Wi-Fi Direct, NFC Beam, and more.

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This book helps you learn to master the design, lifecycle, and UI of an Android app through practical exercises, which you can then use as a basis for developing your own Android apps.

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Learning Web Design: A Beginner's Guide to (X)HTML, StyleSheets, and Web Graphics

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I wish this had been around when I first started web design...
It's been awhile since I've taken a look at what passes for a beginning web development book these days. I decided to examine Learning Web Design: A Beginner's Guide to (X)HTML, StyleSheets, and Web Graphics (3rd edition) by Jennifer Niederst Robbins. All I want to know is... why weren't books like this around when I was trying to learn this stuff?Contents:Part 1 - Getting Started: Where Do I Start?; How the Web Works; The Nature of Web DesignPart 2 - HTML Markup for Structure: Creating a Simple Page (HTML Overview); Marking up Text; Adding Links; Adding Images; Basic Table Markup; Forms; Understanding the StandardsPart 3 - CSS For Presentation: Cascading Style Sheets Orientation; Formatting Text (Plus More Selectors); Colors and Backgrounds (Plus Even More Selectors and External Style Sheets); Thinking Inside the Box (Padding, Borders, and Margins); Floating and Positioning; Page Layout with CSS; CSS TechniquesPart 4 - Creating Web Graphics: Web...
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August 5, 2007 (Portland, OR United States) | Helpful Votes: 152 | Rating: 5

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As Good As It Gets
It's a curious aspect of creating sites for the World Wide Web that its not always clear what the titles of the people who perform the functions necessary to do this should be. When I think of design, I think of determining what a site should look like. Robbins thinks that web design is about coding the documents that will ultimately be displayed in a browser window. That's what this book is about, and I'll use her definition in the future.Web sites are prepared by creating a document in a form that web browsers can translate into something that can be presented on a monitor screen using a special set of symbols called Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML). "Learning Web Design" teaches the reader how to use this language to develop a site.The book introduces broad concepts and then shows the specific language necessary to create content, neatly organized into chapters that deal with text, links, images, tables, and forms. Next the author discusses the use of...
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October 23, 2007 (New York, NY USA) | Helpful Votes: 74 | Rating: 5

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Good Introductory and Refresher Text
So, you want to learn how to design web pages and sites. Well, the title suggests you came to the right place. Did you? In my opinion, yes. The book covers the basics of HTML and XHTML, along with the CSS necessary to show it off.It's amazing how much - and how quickly - web design has changed over the last few years. If you're new to the party, this book explains the current best practices in a clear manner. If you haven't kept up, this book will prove to be a good refresher course.The text is concise and clean, and the use of colors and a multitude of sidebars really enhance the learning experience. There is a strong emphasis on the separation of content (XHTML) and presentation (CSS), which, as we all know by now, is a good thing.
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August 19, 2007 (Somerville, MA) | Helpful Votes: 24 | Rating: 5

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Double Your Income Doing What You Love: Raymond Aaron's Guide to Power Mentoring

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Run, Don't Walk, to Get This Great Book with a Poor Title
This is an excellent and extremely practical body of work on goal setting and obtainment. Raymond Aaron has taken something many of us believe in, but execute poorly, and really put it on steroids. Well researched and extremely well organized, this book makes goal setting work. I am personally not fond of the title. This is not another "how to get rich doing nothing" book (however when you start achieving more of your goals you will probably make more and will definitely do more of what you love).The chapters on instant gratification, procrastination and the goal recording rules are extremely practical and well thought out. The entire work shows that the author has put a great deal of time into refining and perfecting the craft. Many well designed forms and templates are included (and available for download).Easy to read, easy to implement, this is a book you will wear out (as I have). Buy this book!
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February 1, 2008 (SAN DIEGO, CA, United States) | Helpful Votes: 14 | Rating: 5

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Order 2 copies of the book, 1 for you, 1 for a friend!!
Raymond Aaron has written a great book about goal setting and how to achieve those goals. This book has lots of suggestions I am going to implement in my life. My favorite is the "abbreviated" one week vacations and "abbreviated" $1000 savings deposit every month (from Chapter 1) to get in the habit mentally of being able to do this things every month until it becomes reality. Even if the abbreviated versions are spending an hour reading a travel brochure on an exciting destination and $10 into savings, telling myself it's a week long vacation and a $1000 deposit will only get better in the months and years ahead.Also Raymond's MAINLY form is a very powerful goal setting tool that makes it easier to set monthly goals and achieve them with three levels of success built into each goal. On the months I've used this form, I've achieved a lot, felt more on target for reaching my bigger goals, and most importantly feel good about the accomplishments at the end of the month...
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February 28, 2008 | Helpful Votes: 8 | Rating: 5

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Everyone wants to make more money. But many feel that to do so, they must sacrifice their lifestyle and work at a job they don’t particularly like. In fact, if you’re like most people, your life is likely filled with activities, obligations, and commitments that have nothing to do with your goals or your dreams, your life’s mission, or the things that you love. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Aaron breaks life down into six pathways, and then sets out a simple but highly effective system for you to set goals in all six categories every month. Using his MTO™ system, he teaches you how to set each goal at three levels - Minimum, Target, and Outrageous - so that you can always have some level of success (and often it is the Outrageous success of your dreams). As you follow his powerful system, you will find yourself beginning to achieve measurable successes, month by month. When you track your successes, you will see yourself begin to move ever closer to fully creating, and then living, the life you want - the life of your dreams. Even if you have no idea what your life mission is, one of Aaron’s processes will help you to actually identify it. You can then begin to make good decisions about who and what you want in your life, based on how they support or don’t support your life’s mission. You will see your life inexorably moving forward in the exact direction of your choice. Unfortunately, most people hope for more but settle for less. Raymond Aaron offers the tools to create a designed life, a strategically organized life, and a life that delivers to you what you want. It takes courage, but it is your right if you want it. This book will help you begin your new life and achieve the success you desire. Top to learn more

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Some good insigts and helful information
I have just finished reading 'Double your income doing what you love' by Raymond Aaron. A provocative title, to be sure! Aaron's book is a set of instructions for achieving goals using principles in tune with the much talked about `law of attraction'. Like most books in this area, this one is a mixture of good and not so good, but there are some real gems here. The following is a distillation of the important points as I saw them. 1. Set goals and record them. By setting goals you are already ahead of the game. Most people don't know where they're heading and so they can't get there. Writing goals is a powerful signal to yourself that you intend to achieve them. The feelings invoked by this process call into motion the law of attraction, which starts to operate to get things done with and for you. 2. Do what you love. Why do you love certain things and not others? Do we, in fact, have a `life mission,' as many writers suggest, or do we actually choose our...
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March 23, 2008 (Tampa, FL USA) | Helpful Votes: 39 | Rating: 4

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