tvOS Apprentice Updated for Swift 3 and tvOS 10
We’re excited to announce tvOS Apprentice, Second Edition – updated for tvOS 10 and Swift 3! By Chris Belanger.
Section V: Design
This chapter covers new design concepts introduced in tvOS. For your app to stand apart from the rest, you’ll need to understand these new design concepts well.
- Chapter 24, tvOS Design: Learn how to design your apps to fit in well with the tvOS ecosystem.
- Chapter 25, Creating Layered Images: Shows how to create a new kind of image specifically for the TV.
- Chapter 26, The Top Shelf: The Top Shelf is a new design concept that allows your app to show off specific content – learn how to use this in your apps.
Bonus Chapter
And that’s not all – on top of the above, we have a bonus chapter for you!
- Chapter 27, Javascript Crash Course: Developing TVML apps for tvOS requires some Javascript knowledge. If you’re new to Javascript, check here for a quick crash course.
About the Authors
Of course, our book would be nothing without our team of experienced and dedicated authors:
Christine Abernathy is a Developer Advocate on the Open Source team at Facebook, with previous Developer Advocacy roles with Parse and Facebook Platform. Christine has a passion for developers and mobile technologies. Prior to Facebook, Christine headed up engineering at Mshift, a mobile banking software provider, delivering Android, iOS and mobile browser-based products.
Jerry Beers is an author of this book. Jerry is co-founder of Five Pack Creative, a mobile development company specializing in iOS, Apple Watch, and tvOS development. He is passionate about creating well-crafted code and teaching others, recently partnering with RayWenderlich.com to launch Alt-U, a developer training program focused on preparing students to become rock star iOS developers! You can find out more at http://www.fivepackcreative.com/.
Eric Cerney is an author of this book. Eric is an iOS Software Engineer in San Francisco. After being acquired by Capital One, he likes to spend his days at work hanging out with Samuel L. Jackson and asking everyone “What’s in your wallet?”. Lately, his main focuses have been on Swift, gaining a deeper knowledge of programming languages at the core, and of course, the Apple TV. You can find him hiding in the shadows on Twitter at @ecerney.
Sam Davies is an author of this book. Sam is a strange mashup of developer, writer and trainer. By day you’ll find him recording videos for Razeware, writing tutorials, attending conferences and generally being a good guy. By night he’s likely to be out entertaining people, armed with his trombone and killer dance moves. He’d like it very much if you were to say “hi” to him on Twitter at @iwantmyrealname
Evan Dekhayser is an author of this book. Evan is a 17 year old developer who hopes to continue learning and improving while helping others take their first steps into coding. If he is not programming, he is at school or playing baseball. You can find him on Twitter at @ERDekhayser.
Joshua Greene is an author of this book. Joshua is a passionate iOS developer who loves creating elegant apps. When he’s not slinging code, he enjoys martial arts, Netflix, and spending time with his wonderful wife and daughter. You can reach him on Twitter at @jrg_developer.
Michael Katz is an author of this book. Michael envisions a world where mobile apps always work, respect users’ privacy, and integrate well with their users’ life. When not coding, he can be found with his family playing board games, brewing, gardening, and watching the Yankees.
Kelvin Lau is an author of this book. Kelvin is a physicist turned Swift iOS Developer. While he’s currently entrenched with iOS development, he often reminisces of his aspirations to be part of the efforts in space exploration. Outside of programming work, he’s an aspiring entrepreneur and musician.
Julien Martin is an author and designer of this book. After years working in print, Julien discovered an unquenchable passion for icon and interface design while working with startups in New York City. Back home in France, he has since designed multiple successful and award-winning mobile apps for established businesses, entrepreneurs and passionate individuals who value the importance of great design and expertise in that matter. You can get in touch via http://julien.design.
Mike Oliver is an author and final pass editor of this book. He has been a mobile junkie every since his first “Hello World” on a spinach-screened Blackberry. Lately, he works primarily with iOS, but he’s always looking for new ways to push the envelope from your pocket. Mike is currently the VP of Product Engineering at RunKeeper, where he leads and empowers an incredible team of software engineers. He can be found on Twitter at @moliver816.
Free tvOS Chapters this Week
To help celebrate the launch, we’re going to open up the book and share three free chapters with you this week! This will give you a chance to check out the book — we’re confident you’ll love it! :]
Where To Go From Here?
The tvOS Apprentice, Second Edition is now 100% complete, fully updated for Swift 3 and tvOS 10 and available today.
- If you’ve already bought the tvOS Apprentice PDF, you can download the new book immediately on your My Loot page.
- If you don’t have the tvOS Apprentice yet, you can grab your own copy in our store.
You can get 10% off on this book — or anything else in our store — with the code IOS10FEAST.
Speaking of which, be sure to check out everything we’re offering this year in the iOS 10 Feast, including $40,000 in giveaways!
To enter, simply retweet this post with the #ios10feast hashtag using the button below:
We hope you enjoy this massive free update, and stay tuned for more book releases and updates coming soon!