Pro iOS Apps Performance Optimization
Copyright 2011 by KhangVo
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To my girlfriend, Ngan Huynh,
for the love and great encouragement and support.
Contents at a Glance
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About the Authors
Khang Vo is a software engineer and entrepreneur who loves working on the latest technologies and products. He has been developing on the iOS platform since 2009. He loves sharing and discussing different aspects of technology and business that help to create new value for consumers. Making and selling different applications in the Apple App Store and Android Market have been his main business. He is a Master's student at Carnegie Mellon University.
About the Technical Reviewer
Evan Coyne Maloney taught himself how to program after inheriting an Apple IIe computer. As a young teen in the mid-1980s, he published an operating system for the Apple II line called FoscilDOS that was highlighted by both Byte and A+ magazines. Evan began writing Internet software in 1994, creating the KeepTalking chat system, the first purely browser-based live-updating chat system. In 1996, Evan wrote the web-based political campaign simulation game DarkHorse for MSNBC.com. During the presidential campaign that year, the game logged many millions of hours of play and was even used in political science classes at various high schools and colleges. Since 2001, Evan has put his development efforts towards mobile content delivery and commerce. He conceived of and built the first several versions of the award-winning News Pro line of iPhone and iPad applications from the Reuters news agency. Evan joined online retailer Gilt Groupe in 2010, where he is now the principal engineer for the company's critically acclaimed and highly ranked iOS applications.
Acknowledgments
I would like to thank Steve Anglin, who approached me with the idea of creating this book and guided me through the initial process. I also want to thank Evan Maloney for providing many helpful suggestions over the technical part of the book. I learned many things from Evan while writing this book.
Thanks also to Tom Welsh, who helped me make the writing clear and easy for readers to understand. He has made lots of great suggestions to guide the book into its final form. I also want to thank Corbin Collins for his quick and helpful instruction when I asked questions.