Introducing the iOS 6 Feast!
Today is a day to celebrate – the iOS 6 NDA has been lifted, so we can finally talk about the iOS 6 SDK! The iOS Tutorial Team and I believe that iOS 6 is one of the most exciting releases yet. There are some amazing new technologies that every developer should know about – […] By Ray Wenderlich.
Today is a day to celebrate – the iOS 6 NDA has been lifted, so we can finally talk about the iOS 6 SDK!
The iOS Tutorial Team and I believe that iOS 6 is one of the most exciting releases yet. There are some amazing new technologies that every developer should know about – and we’ve been working hard to prepare some amazing new tutorials for you, to help get everyone up to speed!
And yes – just like last year, we had to do something special to mark the occasion. We are happy to introduce this year’s iOS 6 Feast!
The iOS 6 Feast consists of the following six courses:
- Optional appetizer: Beginning Auto Layout Tutorial
- Second course: iOS 6 By Tutorials
- Third course: iOS 5 and iOS 6 By Tutorials Bundle
- Fourth course: iOS Apprentice Updated for iOS 6
- Fifth course: iOS 6 Tutorial Month
- Dessert: iOS 6 Feast Giveaway
During the iOS 6 Feast, you’ll learn about all of the new APIs introduced in iOS 6 through easy-to-understand tutorials – Auto Layout, UICollectionView, Passbook, the Social Framework, In-App Purchase mods, and much more! Plus, we have some awesome giveaways for some lucky readers – our most epic giveaway yet!
Want to find out more? Keep reading for more details!
Optional appetizer: Beginning Auto Layout Tutorial
Auto Layout is one of the coolest new features of iOS 6, and is something every developer should know. It allows you to make much more flexible user interfaces without having to write a ton of code.
Auto Layout is quite powerful when you get used to it, but can be tricky to learn at first. Of course, we can’t have that, so Matthijs Hollemans has put together a free tutorial to make learning how to use it much easier!
This tutorial is currently scheduled to run later this month. But – what if you want it right now?
All you have to do is retweet this post to help get the word out! If/when the post reaches 100 retweets, we will immediately post the Auto Layout tutorial to whet your appetite. Just click the button below!
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Remember that’s just the appetizer – keep reading for more!
Second course: iOS 6 By Tutorials
If you really want to learn iOS 6, a measly appetizer just isn’t enough. You want the full course – and you’ve got it with iOS 6 By Tutorials!
iOS 6 By Tutorials is a book for intermediate to advanced iOS developers who want to keep their skills up-to-date with the new stuff in iOS 6. It covers the following topics:
- Auto Layout: Learn how to make your views easier to localize and more adaptable to different sizes.
- UICollectionView: Learn how to easily display your data in a grid or your own custom layouts!
- Passbook: Learn how to create your own passes on your own server and modify them at runtime!
- In-App Purchases: Learn how to use the new Apple hosted downloads to create a completely dynamic store!
- Social Framework: Learn how to share data to social frameworks and access the Facebook API!
- And much more – 26 chapters and an epic 1,500+ pages. The length of 2-3 books for the price of 1!
iOS 6 By Tutorials is the best book we’ve written yet. Here’s why you’ll love it:
- You’ll learn the topics easily. We learned things the hard way and scoured tons of often sparse documentation so you don’t have to. Learn with hands-on practice, by going through easy to understand tutorials with practical sample code.
- You’ll learn the topics deeply. We split up the topics so each author could focus on 1-2 topics in great detail. That way each of us could dive deep into our topics, far beyond the surface. In the end, you’ll know the topics from top to bottom and you’ll be ready to use them in your own apps!
- You’ll have fun along the way! We work hard to make our tutorials interesting, educational, and fun. We spent a lot of time polishing each tutorial to reach the high-quality tutorial standards this site is known for – and then some!
The early bird gets the iOS 6 by Tutorials discount!
The result is a book you simply can’t get anywhere else! iOS 6 By Tutorials has the highest quality tutorials on the Internet, written by the developers who know tutorials. There’s no better way to learn iOS 6!
And the best part is – the book is 100% complete! We worked like crazy ever since WWDC so we’d have it to you as soon as the NDA lifted. So you can get the book right now!
And to thank our regular readers, you’ll get an early bird discount! The book will usually sell for $54, but for a limited time we will sell it for $44.
Update 10/1/12: The early bird discount has now ended – the book is back to it’s normal price! If you want to be notified of discounts like this in the future, be sure to sign up for our newsletter.
So what are you waiting for – pick up the book and update your skills to iOS 6 today!
Third course: iOS 5 and iOS 6 By Tutorials Bundle
“But wait!”, you might think. “Whatever happened to iOS 5 by Tutorials?”
Don’t worry – we haven’t given up on iOS 5 by Tutorials! In fact, the two books are meant to be complementary to each other – each book will focus on the APIs introduced in that version of the OS.
In fact, we hope to update iOS 5 by Tutorials to iOS 6 (ironically enough) sometime soon – we just haven’t had a chance yet because we’ve been so busy getting iOS 6 by Tutorials ready.
However, when we do update the book to iOS 6 – it will be a free update to everyone who bought the PDF on this site!
We have two other announcements related to iOS 5 by Tutorials:
Lowered price. Now that iOS 6 is out, we are reducing the price for iOS 5 by Tutorials to $44 ($10 off).
A book bundle! We are pleased to announce a special bundle where you can get both books at a reduced price – just $77!
The books would usually sell for $98 ($54 + $44), so this represents over $20 in savings!
So if you haven’t picked up iOS 5 by Tutorials yet, we recommend you get the bundle – you’ll get the best of both worlds!