Create Breakthrough Apple Watch Apps with the WatchKit Framework With its Apple Watch and WatchKit framework, Apple is challenging developers to build exciting and innovative apps for Apple Watch. iOS developers who master Apple Watch programming now will have the same huge “early mover” advantage that early iPhone developers enjoyed. Learning WatchKit Programming is a complete, hands-on tutorial for all iOS developers who are ready to design and build tomorrow’s hottest new wearable apps. Leading iOS development trainer and author Wei-Meng Lee covers all of the fundamentals of Apple Watch development and the WatchKit API, from application architecture and design to navigation, notification, and glances. Using practical Swift code examples designed for clarity and simplicity, Lee guides you through building apps from the ground up and shows you how to integrate those apps with the iPhone for expanded capabilities. The perfect companion to other mobile development books in the Learning Series, this guide helps you extend your iOS skills to a whole new environment, build apps that solve a new set of problems, and reach millions of people in the new Apple Watch marketplace Coverage includes <ul>
<li> Getting started quickly with WatchKit and Apple Watch development </li> <li> Storyboarding apps and testing them on the Apple Watch Simulator </li> <li> Mastering Apple Watch’s multiple-screen navigation </li> <li> Building highly efficient interfaces with Apple Watch UI controls </li> <li> Customizing each screen’s look and feel, and passing data between them </li> <li> Responding to user interactions via buttons, switches, sliders, or Force Touch </li> <li> Displaying information via labels, images, or tables </li> <li> Communicating between an Apple Watch app and its containing iOS app </li> <li> Calling web services from Apple Watch </li> <li> Displaying short- and long-look notifications </li> <li> Customizing notifications to display your message’s essence more quickly </li> <li> Implementing glances to give users a faster way to gather information </li> <li> Localizing your Apple Watch apps </li> </ul>
 All of this book’s sample Swift code is available for download at informit.com/title/9780134195445.

Learning WatchKit Programming: A Hands-On Guide to Creating Apple Watch Applications

Computers & Technology

Lee, Wei-Meng

Programming

Addison-Wesley Professional

Learning Watchkit Programming: A Hands-On Guide to Creating watchOS 2 Applications

As an easy-to-use application that provides information at a glance, a gadget allows users to quickly and easily obtain weather information, RSS news feeds, and much more. In Windows Vista, there are two types of gadgetsSidebar and SideShow gadgets and Microsoft MVP author Wei-Meng Lee covers both. You’ll begin by walking through the development of a simple gadget, and then each successive chapter breaks down the specific APIs that are relevant to enhancing a gadget so that you can clearly learn how a gadget is built.

Professional Windows Vista Gadgets Programming

Web Development & Design

Wrox

Have access to all aspects of the C# programming language at hand with the C# 2008 Programmer’s Reference, the only comprehensive reference guide for C# programmers. Regardless of your experience with C#, you will appreciate the detailed code samples, which offer a quick and easy way to help you refresh your understanding of important concepts. In this ideal C# resource, you will find an introduction to the .NET Framework, a guide to using Visual Studio 2008, and explanations of classes, objects, types, delegates and events, strings and regular expressions, and threading.

C# 2008 Programmer's Reference

Programming Languages

Wrox Pr Inc

Reference

Wrox Press

Everything you need to know to start creating native applications for the iPhone and iPod Touch The iPhone SDK and the Xcode tools are the official Apple tools used for creating native iPhone applications. This information-packed book presents a complete introduction to the iPhone SDK and the Xcode tools, as well as the Objective-C language that is necessary to create these native applications. Solid coverage and real-world examples walk you through the process for developing mobile applications for the iPhone that can then be distributed through Apple's iTunes Application store. The hands-on approach shows you how to develop your first iPhone application while getting you acquainted with the iPhone SDK and the array of Xcode tools. A thorough tutorial on the features and syntax of the Objective-C language helps you get the most out of the iPhone SDK, and an in-depth look at the features of the iPhone SDK enables you to maximize each of these features in your applications. <ul>
<li>Provides an introductory look at how the iPhone SDK and Xcode tools work with the Objective-C language to create native iPhone applications</li> <li>Familiarizes you with the latest version of the iPhone SDK and the newest Xcode tools that ship with Snow Leopard</li> <li>Walks you through developing your first iPhone applications</li> <li>Focuses on the features and syntax of the Objective-C language so that you can get the most out of the iPhone SDK</li> </ul>
With this hands-on guide, you'll quickly get started developing applications for the iPhone with both the iPhone SDK and the latest Xcode tools. Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

Beginning iPhone SDK Programming With Objective-C

Beginning iPad Application Development will help jumpstart your iPad development. It covers topics progressively so you learn without being overwhelmed by details. It adopts the philosophy that the best way to learn is by doing, hence the numerous Try It Out sections, which first show you how to build something and then explain how things work. To truly benefit from this book, you should have some background in programming and at least be familiar with object-oriented programming concepts. Coverage includes: <ul>
<li>getting started with Xcode and Interface Builder to build a Hello World application</li> <li>fundamental concepts of iPad programming: outlets and actions</li> <li>UI widgets known as views that make up the iPad application user interface</li> <li>view controllers available in the iPhone SDK and different types of iPad applications - View-based, Window-based, Split View-based, and Tab Bar applications</li> <li>how to deal with the iPad’s virtual keyboard, hide the keyboard on demand, and ensure views are not blocked by the keyboard when it is displayed</li> <li>reorient the application's UI when the device is rotated or force an application to display in a certain orientation</li> <li>using the Table view is to display rows of data and implementing search capabilities in Table view</li> <li>using application settings to persist application preferences</li> <li>persisting application data by saving the data to files in the application's sandbox directory</li> <li>using the embedded SQLite3 database library to store data</li> <li>implementing animations</li> <li>using gesture recognizers in the iPhone SDK to interpret user's input gestures</li> <li>access the iPad accelerometer and detecting device shakes</li> <li>communicating with Web services and their data</li> <li>publishing services on the network using Bonjour</li> <li>implementing applications that use push notifications</li> <li>building location-based services applications, obtaining geographical locations data, displaying a map</li> <li>an overview of the Objective-C language </li> </ul>

Beginning iPad Application Development

The ideal starting point for creating apps using iOS 4 Written by an experienced Apple developer and trainer, this full-color reference serves as an ideal jumping point for creating applications for Apple’s iOS 4 that runs on the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. In addition to in-depth coverage of the iOS SDK, the book walks you through the various core aspects of iPhone and iPad development. You’ll learn how to take advantage of the tools provided by XCode and you’ll benefit from a solid introduction to Objective-C, which allows you to have a smooth transition to iPhone development from another platform. <ul>
<li>Offers a solid foundation for creating applications for Apple’s iOS 4</li> <li>Covers all the new features of iOS 4 and provides a new applications template for developing iPad and iPhone apps</li> <li>Addresses the new PopoverView for iPad apps</li> <li>Shows how to develop background applications, which is one of the new features in iOS 4</li> </ul>
Beginning iOS 4 Application Development is your ultimate resource for creating applications for Apple's iOS 4.

Beginning iOS 4 Application Development

Computer Science

Windows XP Unwired

From the growing number of Wi-Fi hotspots to the escalating sales of laptops and other portable wireless-enabled devices, it's clear that wireless technology is here and poised to play an increasingly important role in all our lives. Going wireless is a little like taking the training wheels off your first bike--once you taste the freedom, you don't want to go back to what you had before. Moreover, dramatic improvements in wireless technology in the last few years coupled with the growing affordability of wireless equipment make going wireless all the more attractive. And if you're a Windows XP user, it's even better. Windows XP contains many built-in supports for wireless computing, making it an ideal platform for going mobile.In Windows XP Unwired, you'll learn the basics of wireless computing, from the reasons why you'd want to go wireless in the first place, to setting up your wireless network or accessing wireless services on the road. The book provides a complete introduction to all the wireless technologies supported by Windows XP, including Wi-Fi (802.11b, a, and g), infrared, Bluetooth, CDMA2000, and GPRS. You'll learn how to set up your first wireless network using popular products from Linksys and D-Link. You'll also get a good understanding of the limitations and liabilities of each wireless technology.Other topics covered in the book include:
<ul>
<li>Connecting to wireless hotspots</li>
<li>Using Microsoft's Smart Display to go wireless without a laptop</li>
<li>Putting GPS technology to use</li>
<li>Wireless Security</li>
</ul>
Windows XP Unwired is a one-stop wireless information source for technically savvy Windows XP users. Whether you're considering wireless as a supplement or alternative to cable and DSL, or using wireless to network computers in your home or office, this book will show you the full-spectrum view of wireless capabilities of Windows XP, and how to take advantage of them.

Windows XP Unwired: A Guide for Home, Office, and the Road

Networking & Cloud Computing

O'Reilly Media

The rapid proliferation of mobile networks for both public use and private has made connectivity-on-the-go a desirable, if not absolutely essential, condition. Nor is this mobility limited to laptops: everywhere you look, people are downloading email and other information directly to their cell phones and PDAs. For developers, this means an increased demand to create applications for mobile devices. Microsoft's .NET Compact Frameworks provides a full suite of powerful tools to help them get the job done.The .NET Compact Framework--a scaled down version of Microsoft's .NET Framework--offers a powerful programming environment for designing rich applications for the Pocket PC or Windows Mobile-based Smartphones. If you're familiar with the .NET Framework, you'll feel right at home in the .NET Compact Framework. You'll find the perfect way to jumpstart your productivity in our new .NET Compact Framework Pocket Guide. As with all of our popular Pocket Guides, this concise book delivers just the information you need without all the fluff.The .Net Compact Framework Pocket Guide provides a brief introduction to the framework and includes several projects to get you up to speed quickly. In this book you'll learn:
<ul>
<li>The basics of programming for the .NET Compact Framework using Visual Studio .NET 2003; you'll be up and running with Hello, World in no time at all</li>
<li>User interface design considerations for the Pocket PC, Pocket PC Phone Edition, and Windows Mobile-based Smartphone</li>
<li>How to consume web services from .NET Compact Framework applications</li>
<li>How to cache on-line data for use when the mobile device is out of range of a network</li>
<li>How to write applications that use Bluetooth.</li>
</ul>Whether you're new to mobile programming or new to Visual Studio .NET 2003, the .NET Compact Framework Pocket Guide will teach what you need to know to get started developing mobile applications.

.NET Compact Framework Pocket Guide

Operating Systems

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Learning WatchKit Programming: A Hands-On Guide to Creating Apple Watch Applications

Learning Watchkit Programming: A Hands-On Guide to Creating watchOS 2 Applications

Professional Windows Vista Gadgets Programming

C# 2008 Programmer's Reference

C# 2008 Programmer's Reference

Beginning iPhone SDK Programming With Objective-C

Beginning iPad Application Development

Beginning iOS 4 Application Development

Windows XP Unwired: A Guide for Home, Office, and the Road

.NET Compact Framework Pocket Guide