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Pro Core Data for iOS: Data Access and Persistence Engine for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, Second Edtion
By: Michael Privat; Robert Warner
Publisher: Apress
Pub. Date: November 23, 2011
Print ISBN-10: 1-4302-3656-6
Print ISBN-13: 978-1-4302-3656-6
Pages in Print Edition: 400
Subscriber Rating:
3 [3 Ratings] Subscriber Reviews
Overview
Fully updated for Xcode 4.2, Pro Core Data for iOS explains how to use the Core Data framework for iOS SDK 5 using Xcode 4.2. The book explains both how and why to use Core Data, from simple to advanced techniques. Covering common and advanced persistence patterns, this book prepares any iOS developer to store and retrieve data accurately and efficiently.
This book starts by giving you a solid grounding in Core Data, providing a foundation for the rest of the book. With this knowledge, you'll have all you need to master Core Data and power your data-driven applications. You'll see how to work with SQLite and how to create an efficient data model to represent your data. Once you've established your data model, you'll learn how to work with data objects and refine result sets to get the most out of the stored data.
The advanced portions of the book begin by showing you how to tune your apps' performance and memory usage, to give you a truly professional edge. You'll see how to version and migrate your data as well, to ensure your data stays organized and efficient. Finally, the book covers managing table views with NSFetchedResultsController.
What you'll learn
Core Data techniques with Xcode
How to organize data appropriately
How to persist data efficiently
How to effectively use Apple tools
How to build Core Data applications
How to use Core Data in advanced settings
How to version and migrate data as your applications evolve
How to tune and optimize persistence
Who this book is for
All iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch developers whose applications manage any amount of data.
Subscriber Reviews
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Based on 3 Ratings
"Very useful reference for Core Data" - by j4l3b4 on 10-FEB-2012
Reviewer Rating:
I've been successfully using this book as a reference to various Core Data topics.
Each major topic has an associated project which can be used to learn that topic. That being said, I would refer the first time Core Data user to "Beginning iOS 5 Development: Exploring the iOS SDK" which is an excellent resource for the beginning iOS developer.
One thing that I particularly like about the book is that the text contains all the information that you need to learn the topics, i.e. it isn't necessary to download the source code to learn the material.
In summary, this is a great resource for advancing your use of Core Data in your apps.
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