Sadun - The iOS adaptive UI cookbook: practical recipes for modern iOS apps

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Even More Recipes for Better
iOS App Development

Erica Sadun

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Developers can never have too many useful ideas to draw from, and this latest entry in the bestselling Cookbook series is filled with delicious possibilities. The Gourmet iOS Developers Cookbook offers a curated selection of programming recipes to inspire your everyday iOS programming efforts. This volume serves up a new banquet of turnkey solutions for projects big and small. It offers a fresh collection of versatile solutions that promise to add spice to your code.

The goal here is simple. Each chapter should enable you to walk away with fresh ideas and master techniques off the beaten track. Whether youre reading about new takes on old technologies or completely fresh APIs, heres hoping youll say, Hey, I didnt know you could do that! or Thats really cool.

The Gourmet iOS Developers Cookbook offers a deep dive into the nonobvious. Its chapters cover techniques and technologies that skew away from the common and enable you to explore new development cuisines. Its not a book for those just learning how to cook apps. It offers tasty recipes for the iOS enthusiast who wants to builds fragrant, delicious, and exotic routines.