Professional iOS Network Programming: Connecting the Enterprise to the iPhone and iPad

Table of contents

1. Cover
2. Contents
3. Introduction
4. Part I: Understanding iOS and Enterprise Networking
   1. Chapter 1: Introducing iOS Networking Capabilities
      1. Understanding the Networking Frameworks
      2. iOS Networking APIs
      3. Run Loops
      4. Summary
   2. Chapter 2: Designing Your Service Architecture
      1. Remote Façade Pattern
      2. Service Versioning
      3. Service Locators
      4. Summary
5. Part II: HTTP Requests: The Workhorse of IOS Networking
   1. Chapter 3: Making Requests
      1. Introducing HTTP
      2. Understanding HTTP Requests and Responses
      3. High-Level iOS HTTP APIs
      4. Advanced HTTP Manipulation
      5. Summary
   2. Chapter 4: Generating and Digesting Payloads
      1. Web Service Protocols and Styles
      2. Payloads
      3. Summary
   3. Chapter 5: Handling Errors
      1. Understanding Error Sources
      2. Rules of Thumb for Handling Errors
      3. Gracefully Handling Network Errors
      4. Summary
6. Part III: Advanced Networking Techniques
   1. Chapter 6: Securing Network Traffic
      1. Verifying Server Communication
      2. Authenticating with HTTP
      3. Message Integrity with Hashing and Encryption
      4. Storing Credentials Securely on the Device
      5. Summary
   2. Chapter 7: Optimizing Request Performance
      1. Measuring Network Performance
      2. Optimizing Network Operations
      3. Summary
   3. Chapter 8: Low-Level Networking
      1. BSD Sockets
      2. CFNetwork
      3. NSStream
      4. Summary
   4. Chapter 9: Testing and Manipulating Network Traffic
      1. Observing Network Traffic
      2. Manipulating Network Traffic
      3. Simulating Real-World Network Conditions
      4. Summary
   5. Chapter 10: Using Push Notifications
      1. Scheduling Local Notifications
      2. Registering and Responding to Remote Notifications
      3. Understanding Notification Best Practices
      4. Summary
7. Part IV: Networking APP to APP
   1. Chapter 11: Inter-App Communication
      1. URL Schemes
      2. Shared Keychains
      3. Summary
   2. Chapter 12: Device-to-Device Communication With Game Kit
      1. Game Kit Basics
      2. Peer-to-Peer Networking
      3. Client-Server Communication
      4. Summary
   3. Chapter 13: Ad-Hoc Networking with Bonjour
      1. Zeroconf Overview
      2. Bonjour Overview
      3. Implementing Bonjour-Based Applications
      4. Summary
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