Who Should Use This Book?

This book targets individuals who are new to development for the iPhone and have experience using the Macintosh platform. No previous experience with Objective-C, Cocoa, or the Apple developer tools is required. Of course, if you do have development experience, some of the tools and techniques may be easier to master, but the authors do not assume that you’ve coded before.

That said, we do expect some things from you, the reader. Specifically, you must be willing to invest in the learning process. If you just read each hour’s lesson without working through the tutorials, you will likely miss some fundamental concepts. In addition, you need to spend time reading the Apple developer documentation and researching the topics we present in the book. There is a vast amount of information on iPhone development available, and only a limited space in this book. We’ll cover what you need to forge your own path forward.