Appendix D. Apple Developer Resources

What's in this appendix?

  • How to find the appropriate information to begin developing iPhone applications

  • Where to find more information about submitting your application to the iPhone App Store

This book illustrated the many frameworks that are available to you for your own applications; however, the most complete and up-to-date documentation is on the Apple site itself. This appendix provides references to the development centers and development guides that are published by Apple for you.

The development tools and documentation are free after registering with the Developer Program, but if you want to deploy to your device or sell your application on the iTunes App Store, you have to be a paying member of the iPhone developer program. Regarding hardware and system software requirements, you must have an Intel processor-based Mac running Snow Leopard.

This appendix lists important documents and developer resources on the Apple website to guide you through the entire application development process — from concept to distribution.

IPHONE DEVELOPER PROGRAM

The main link to the developer program is http://developer.apple.com/programs/iphone.

Developer Centers

The following links provide access to centers for a specific area of the iPhone developer program:

  • The Apple iPhone Dev Center: https://developer.apple.com/iphone

  • Developer Member Center: https://developer.apple.com/membercenter/index.action

  • Developer Resource Center: http://developer.apple.com/resources ...

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