Chapter 9. SDK programming for web developers

This chapter covers

We’ve spent the last six chapters talking about how to program great web pages and applications using familiar languages such as HTML, JavaScript, and PHP; brand-new libraries such as the WebKit, iUI, and Canvas; and helpful tools such as Dashcode, Firebug, and Safari. As we discussed in chapter 2, though, web development isn’t the be-all and end-all of iPhone programming. There are some programs that will just be better suited for native programming on the iPhone. Apple provides a development platform for doing this sort of programming called the SDK (software development ...

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