Dashcode For Dummies

Create widgets and Web apps for the iPhone, iPad, and Mac OS X with Dashcode

Dashcode is a software application that makes it quick and easy to create Dashboard widgets and Web apps for Mac computers, iPhone, and iPad . Widgets and Web apps connect users with content from the Web such as Twitter feeds, movie showtimes, news updates, and more. Dashcode provides a library of graphic elements and standard code that you just drag-and-drop into your app, and this guide shows you how to use it to bring your idea to life. Learn to create, customize, and distribute your apps, even if you’re a programming novice.

• Dashcode provides a quick and easy way to create Dashboard and Web widgets for Apple devices
• This guide shows you how to use the built-in Dashcode tools, including graphical elements and functional code, to create Web apps using your data
• Learn to customize your app, add media, retrieve data from Web services for your app, and deploy your widgets
• Even if you’re new to programming, you can learn to create and distribute widgets with Dashcode

Dashcode For Dummies gets you up and running with this cool tool for creating unique Web apps and Dashboard widgets.

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iPad Application Development For Dummies

Turn your iPad ideas into amazing apps with this exciting new guide!

Whether you're app development amateur or programming professional, you’ll discover how to get in on the App Store development gold rush and start developing for the iPad with this fun and easy guide. The iPad offers developers of all levels more opportunities than ever before to be a part of the app development game, and this book is your ticket to joining in the fun. You’ll learn the basics of getting started, downloading the SDK, using context-based design, and filling your toolbox. Then you’ll move on to using Objective-Cand Xcode to program robust and vibrant apps and games specifically for the mobile platform.

• Offers a plain-English guide whether you’re a novice or a seasoned developer who is interested in developing iPad applications
  
• Covers working with the multitouch interface and in split-screen mode
  
• Provides useful advice on what applications thrive in the App Store and which have the most potential to turn a profit
  
• Includes a companion Web site with source code

Packed with helpful advice on the ins and outs of developing great apps for mobile devices, iPad Application Development For Dummies gets you started creating cool new apps right away!

Note:?Apple's iOS SDK tools are only accessible on Intel-powered Mac and MacBook devices.

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iPhone Application Development For Dummies

Here's the fun and easy way to learn how to create your own iPhone applications

Whether you're a professional developer or an iPhone user with a knack for technology, this plain English guide shows you how easy it can be to create your own cool iPhone and iPod touch apps. The open iPhone SDK offers a world of opportunities, and with the information in iPhone Application Development For Dummies, you can get in on the fun and profit.

You don't need high-level programming skills to create iPhone apps. iPhone Application Development For Dummies walks you through the fundamentals for building a variety of applications using Objective-C and covers the critical steps for creating applications that get accepted into the AppStore.

• Apple's open SDK for the iPhone allows any developer to create iPhone applications


• This guide helps you develop new applications for use on your own iPhone or for release to other iPhone and iPod Touch users


• Covers small and large-scale application development


• Shows how to develop usingObjective-C


• Enables both novice and experienced programmers to leverage the marketing power of the open iPhone SDK

The iPhone is the hottest smart phone around, and with iPhone Application Development For Dummies, you can create cool new apps to make it even more exciting.

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