Designing for the iPad

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Bookstore Category: Computers/Programming/Software Development The iPad is the world's hottest new gadget, but it represents somé radical design challenges. Designing for the iPadsbows you howto take advantage ofthe iPad's exciting new features and turn your app into a hit. Inside, Chris Stevens, creator ofthe bestselling app, Alice for the iPad", explains how to take an app from a pencil sketch all the way to the App Store. Stevens' apps are on over 500,000 iPad devices and now, for the first time, he reveals the professional secrets behind his success that will help you grab a lead in the app gold rush. You'll learn exactly how to make your app look beautiful, work intuitively, and storm up the charts in the App Store. Designing for the iPadincludes detailed, tried-and-tested methods of creating a sellable idea, sketching out an app, refining ideas, prototyping designs, and organizing a collaborative project as well as exclusíve insider tips on how to markét your app. Stevens alsó... Tovább

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Bookstore Category: Computers/Programming/Software Development The iPad is the world's hottest new gadget, but it represents somé radical design challenges. Designing for the iPadsbows you howto take advantage ofthe iPad's exciting new features and turn your app into a hit. Inside, Chris Stevens, creator ofthe bestselling app, Alice for the iPad", explains how to take an app from a pencil sketch all the way to the App Store. Stevens' apps are on over 500,000 iPad devices and now, for the first time, he reveals the professional secrets behind his success that will help you grab a lead in the app gold rush. You'll learn exactly how to make your app look beautiful, work intuitively, and storm up the charts in the App Store. Designing for the iPadincludes detailed, tried-and-tested methods of creating a sellable idea, sketching out an app, refining ideas, prototyping designs, and organizing a collaborative project as well as exclusíve insider tips on how to markét your app. Stevens alsó explores the new code libraries you can use to make exceptional apps, discusses interface design choices, and explains why the iPad is unlike any computer that has gone before. Topics indude: • Five key iPad design philosophies exptained • Xcode for designers • Why children make the best app testers • Why the iPad is not a big iPhone® - rethinking ergonomics • Knowing when to use the stock Ul (and when not to) • Designing for multipte screen orientations • Engineering games for the iPad • Designing books and magazines • Making educational apps for the iPad • Marketing your app • Using Cocos2D, Chipmunk physics, and other code libraries • Implementing sound in an iPad app • Going to war in the iPad App Store and more... j Designing for the iPad focuses on practical steps, not vague suggestions. So, whether you're managing a team designing iPad apps, a designer looking for advice, or a programmer who wants to understand the design process behind a globally successful iPad app, this book will guide you towards iPad success. Vissza