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Learn iPhone and iPad Programming via Tutorials! If youre new to iOS or Swift, or to programming in general, learning how to write an app can seem incredibly overwhelming. Thats why you need a book that: Shows you how to write an app step-by-step Has tons of illustrations and screenshots to make everything clear Is written in a fun and easygoing manner! In this book, you will l earn how to make your own iPhone and iPad apps, through four engaging, epic-length tutorials. These hands-on tutorials describe in full detail how to build a new app from scratch. Four tutorials, four apps. Each new app will be a little more advanced than the one before, and together they cover everything you need to know to make your own apps. By the end of the series youll be experienced enough to turn your ideas into real apps that you can sell on the App Store. Tutorial 1: Bulls Eye. In the first tutorial in the book, youll start off by building a simple but fun game to learn the basics of iPhone programming. In the process, youll get familiar with Xcode, Interface Builder, and Swift in an easygoing manner. Tutorial 2: Checklists. In the second tutorial in the series, youll create your own to-do list app. In the process, youll learn about the fundamental design patterns that all iOS apps use and about table views, navigation controllers and delegates. Now youre making apps for real! Tutorial 3: MyLocations. In the third tutorial, youll develop a location-aware app that lets you keep a list of spots that you find interesting. In the process, youll learn about Core Location, Core Data, Map Kit, and much more! Tutorial 4: StoreSearch. Mobile apps often need to talk to web services and thats what youll do in this final tutorial of the book. Youll make a stylish app for iPhone and iPad that lets you search for products on the iTunes store using HTTP requests and JSON.