Core data iOS essentials : a fast-paced, example-driven guide to data-driven iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch applications

341 Pages·2011·8.292 MB·English

by  B M Harwani

Core Data iOS Essentials
A fast-paced, example-driven guide to data-driven
iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch applications

B.M. Harwani
BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI
Core Data iOS Essentials
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First published: April 2011
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Credits
Author Editorial Team Leader
B.M. Harwani Aditya Belpathak
Vinodhan Nair
Reviewers
Fred McCann
Project Team Leader
Muhammad Adil Lata Basantani
Acquisition Editor Project Coordinator
David Barnes Vishal Bodwani
Development Editor Proofreader
Chris Rodrigues Aaron Nash
Technical Editor Graphics
Aditi Suvarna Geetanjali Sawant
Copy Editor Production Coordinator
Laxmi Subramanian Alwin Roy
Indexer Cover Work
Monica Ajmera Mehta Alwin Roy
Rekha Nair
About the Author
B.M. Harwani is the founder and owner of Microchip Computer Education (MCE),
based in Ajmer, India that provides computer education in all programming and
web developing platforms. He graduated with a B.E. in computer engineering from
the University of Pune, and also has a 'C' Level (Master's diploma in computer
technology) from DOEACC, Government Of India. Having been involved in the
teaching field for over 16 years, he has developed the art of explaining even the
most complicated topics in a straightforward and easily understandable fashion. He
has written several books on various subjects that include JSP, JSF, EJB, PHP, .NET,
Joomla, jQuery, and Smartphones. He also writes articles on a variety of computer
subjects, which can be seen on a number of websites. To know more, visit his blog,
http://bmharwani.com/blog.
The list of books written by B.M. Harwani are Programming & Problem Solving
through C (BPB, 2004), Learn Tally in Just Three Weeks (Pragya, 2005), Data
Structures and Algorithms through C (CBC, 2006), Master Unix Shell Programming
(CBC, 2006), Business Systems (CBC, 2006), Practical Java Projects (Shroff, 2007),
Practical Web Services (Shroff, 2007), Java for Professionals (Shroff, 2008), C++ for
Beginners (Shroff, 2009), Practical ASP.NET 3.5 Projects (Shroff, 2009), Java Server
Faces—A Practical Approach for Beginners (PHI Learning, 2009), Practical JSF
Project using NetBeans (PHI Learning, 2009), Foundation Joomla (Friends of ED,
2009), Practical EJB Projects (Shroff, 2009), Data Structures and Algorithms in C++
(Dreamtech Press, 2010), Developing Web Applications in PHP and AJAX (Tata
McGraw Hill, 2010), and jQuery Recipes (Apress, 2010).
Acknowledgement
I owe a debt of gratitude to David Barnes, the Senior Acquisition Editor at Packt
Publishing for his initial acceptance and giving me an opportunity to create this
work. I am highly grateful to the whole team at Packt Publishing for their constant
cooperation and contribution to create this book.
My gratitude to Chris Rodrigues, who as a Development Editor offered a significant
amount of feedback that helped to improve the chapters. He played a vital role in
improving the structure and the quality of information.
I must thank Muhammad Adil, the Technical Reviewer for his excellent, detailed
reviewing of the work and the many helpful comments and suggestions he made.
Special thanks to Aditi Suvarna, the Technical Editor for first class structural and
language editing. I appreciate her efforts in enhancing the contents of the book and
giving it a polished look.
I also thank Alwin Roy, the Production Coordinator for doing excellent formatting
and making the book dramatically better.
A big and ongoing thanks to Vishal Bodwani, the Project Coordinator for doing a
great job and sincere efforts by the whole team to get the book published on time.
A great big thank you to the editorial and production staff and the entire team at
Packt, who worked tirelessly to produce this book. I really enjoyed working with
each one of you.
I am also thankful to my family—my small world; Anushka (my wife) and my two
little darlings, Chirag and Naman for allowing me to work on the book even during
the time that I was supposed to spend with them.
I should not forget to thank my dear students who have been a good teacher for
me as they make me understand what basic problems they do face in a subject
and enable me to directly hit at those topics. It is because of the endless interesting
queries of my students that help me in writing the books with a practical approach.
About the Reviewers
Fred McCann is a co-founder of Zumisoft, an independent Mac software company.
He started writing code at the tender age of eight on a TI-99a home computer and
has since moved on to newer systems. His interests, outside of programming,
include Judo, Yoga, Hiking, Kites, Amateur Robotics, Politics, and Meditation.
His websites include http://www.duckrowing.com/ and
http://www.fredmccann.com/Home.html.
Muhammad Adil graduated from the National University of Computer and
Emerging Sciences in Pakistan, with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science. He
was a very active Freelance Software developer during his university years. So, after
graduating, he kept working as a Freelance developer and has been working as an
iOS developer for the past one and a half years.
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This book is dedicated to my mother Mrs. Nita Harwani and Mark Zuckerberg.
My mother is next to God for me and whatever I am today is because of the moral values
taught by her.
It is because of Mark Zuckerberg's amazing development; Facebook that I could meet my
school and Engineering college friends after a long break of 18 years.