Hi Christopher, Would need to know that it will tell me something I don't already know before I purchased it. I have waisted too much money on books that just sit on my shelf. So maybe make a couple of previews available of some of the meat of the book.
On Jul 8, 2008, at 9:15 PM, Christopher Allen wrote: > > I'm pleased to say that drafts of the first 8 chapters of _iPhone in > Action: Introduction to Web and SDK Development_ are available now at > http://www.manning.com/callen/ though our publisher Manning's early > access program. > > The first 8 chapters cover the first two major sections of the book: > > PART 1: An Introduction to iPhone Programming > 1. Introducing the iPhone > 2. Web Development or the SDK? > > PART 2: Designing Web Pages for the iPhone > 3. Making the Web iPhone Friendly > 4. Making the web iPhone Optimized > 5. Making iPhone Web Apps > 6. Using Canvas for Web Apps > 7. Debugging iPhone Web Pages > 8. SDK Programming for Web Developers > > These two sections cover what you need to know about getting going in > iPhone web development, including how to use iUI and all kinds of tips > on how to better debug your iPhone web applications. > > Access to the MEAP (Manning Early Access Program) and the final eBook > when it is released, are currently being offered for $11.25, half off > the normal price of $22.50. If you'd also like the final printed book > (retail $39.99), you can also order it in advance for 50% off at > $19.99 for the next few days, and still have access to the MEAP as > each chapter is posted and the final eBook as soon as it comes out. > > There is also an iPhone 3G Giveaway; all customers who purchase iPhone > in Action prior to July 11, 2008 will be entered to win one (1) 8GB > iPhone 3G. The winner will be notified by email on July 12, 2008. (see > the website for details.) > > As these are pre-publication drafts, we are seeking your advice and > feedback on any problems you spot and details on what we are missing > that you'd like to see more of. You can leave comments in the forums > at: http://www.manning-sandbox.com/forum.jspa?forumID=453 > > We are also right now working on the SDK chapters: > > PART 3: Creating iPhone SDK Apps > 9. Introducing the SDK > 10. Using Xcode > 11. Using Interface Builder > 12. Creating Basic View Controllers > 13. Monitoring Events and Actions > 14. Creating Advanced View Controllers > 15. Delving into the SDK Toolkit > 16. Web Techniques for SDK Development > > We will start making drafts of these available as soon as Apple > releases us from the iPhone SDK NDA, hopefully early next week. We > have chapters 9-14 ready as soon as we are given the go-ahead by > Apple. > > -- Christopher Allen > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iPhoneWebDev" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/iphonewebdev?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
