Learning iPad Programming: A Hands-On Guide to Building iPad Apps, Second Edition

28. The Final Word

Whew! You made it to the end of the book. You can confidently say you are an iPad programmer—but more important, you can say you are an iOS programmer. See, without your knowing it, we have surreptitiously taught you all the key things you’ll need to launch your career as an iOS developer. While you have been building the PhotoWheel app, you may not have noticed that we have shown you how to do the following:

▪ Effectively use Xcode and Interface Builder (Chapters 2 and 3)

▪ Master Objective-C (Chapter 4)

▪ Program with Cocoa Touch (Chapter 5)

▪ Build user interfaces with a storyboard (Chapter 14)

▪ Leverage Core Data (Chapter 13) and iCloud syncing (Chapter 22)

▪ Create multi-touch gestures (Chapter 11)

▪ Build custom views ...