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iOS Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide
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iOS Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide

by Christian Keur, Aaron Hillegass, Joe Conway
February 2014
Intermediate to advanced
560 pages
18h 58m
English
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29 Afterword

Welcome to the end of the book! You should be very proud of all your work and all that you have learned. Now there is good news and bad news:

  • The good news: The stuff that leaves programmers befuddled when they come to the iOS platform is behind you now. You are an iOS developer.

  • The bad news: You are probably not a very good iOS developer.

What to do Next

It is now time to make some mistakes, read some really tedious documentation, and be humbled by the heartless experts who will ridicule your questions. Here is what we recommend:

Write apps now. If you do not immediately use what you have learned, it will fade. Exercise and extend your knowledge. Now.

Go deep. This book has consistently favored breadth ...

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