Chapter 10

Using Core Data in Advanced Applications

You can build a lot of cool apps without using the material in this chapter. Before you slam this book closed, however, we recommend you keep reading. This chapter contains material that addresses some advanced Core Data topics that your particular applications may require, especially if securing user data is important to your application. Follow along with this chapter to put some advanced Core Data tools in your toolbox.

In this chapter, we walk you through building an application that illustrates each of the topics we cover. You'll build the application incrementally and will be able to run the application at the end of each section so you can see that section's advanced feature working. Because each section builds on the previous ones, you shouldn't try to skip any sections.