Hour 1. Preparing Your System and iPhone for Development

What You’ll Learn in This Hour:

What makes an iPhone an iPhone

Where to get the tools you need to develop for the iPhone

How to join the iPhone Developer Program

The need for (and use of) iPhone provisioning profiles

What to expect during the first few hours of this book

The iPhone opens up a whole new world for developers—a multitouch interface, always-on Internet access, video, and a whole range of built-in sensors can be used to create everything from games to serious productivity applications. Believe it or not, as a new developer, you have an advantage. You will be starting fresh, free from any preconceived notions of what is possible in a handheld application. ...

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