I read the latest 8 chapter version. I think the strength of the book is that its central theme is: web app vs. native SDK app. I am writing an app that accesses a web site and also stores data in the address book. Apple's wealth of online documentation gives me reference information for each of web development and SDK development, but does not explore approaches, techniques, and tradeoffs like this book.
I was especially happy to see chapter 2 added which really crystallizes the discussion on when to use the strengths of web development, when to use the strength of SDK development, and when to use both. I was hoping to see mention of techniques of using both, such as the UIWebView class, but I guess that will be covered in chapter 16. Another strength is the explanation of iUI. The iUI web site is great for getting examples, but I am someone who needs prose to explain what and why, plus examples. For $20, I saved myself days of trying to figure out iUI just from examples. And this is without half of the book being written yet. --Gershon Kagan On Jul 9, 2008, at 7:42 AM, Christopher Allen wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 9:24 PM, Yank Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Would need to know that it will tell me something I don't already >> know before I purchased it. I have waisted too much money on books >> that just sit on my shelf. So maybe make a couple of previews >> available of some of the meat of the book. > > In summary, _iPhone in Action_ is an introductory to intermediate > book, really designed more for people that are just getting started. > If you've been hanging out on this list for a while, a number of the > early chapters will only serve as a refresher for you. > > However, the chapter on iUI and the chapter on debugging have been > praised by a number of our early reviewers who are more advanced > iPhone developers. > > We don't have anything on the new stuff available in the iPhone 2.0 > Safari yet, and we have not covered Dashcode which comes with the SDK > either. Both will be covered more in depth before the book goes final. > > If you pay the $11.25 now for the early access and the ebook, you'll > also be getting the SDK chapters as the book moves toward release. The > SDK section is oriented towards the web developer who is considering > whether or not to use the SDK (as opposed Mac or C++ coders), so those > chapters are focused on leveraging the web even when using the SDK. > That I think will be unique and none of the other books announced for > the iPhone will be coming from that perspective. > > -- Christopher Allen > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iPhoneWebDev" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/iphonewebdev?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
