Chapter 2. Appeasing the Tiki Gods

As you're probably well aware, it has become something of a tradition to call the first project in any book on prographiamming "Hello, World!" We considered breaking this tradition but were scared that the tiki gods would inflict some painful retribution on us for such a gross breach of etiquette. So, let's do it by the book, shall we?

In this chapter, we're going use Xcode and Interface Builder to create a small iPhone application to display the text "Hello, World!" on its screen. We'll look at what's involved in creating an iPhone application project in Xcode, work through the specifics of using Interface Builder to design our application's user interface, and then run our application on the iPhone simulator. ...

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