Introducing the iOS 7 Feast
A seven course “meal” to celebrate the launch of iOS 7. Includes a grand prize of over $3,000 in value! By Ray Wenderlich.
Fourth Course: The iOS 7 and iOS Games by Tutorials Bundle
“Wow, both of those books sound pretty cool!”, you might be thinking (we hope!).
Well, we have good news for you – we have a special bundle for you where you can purchase both of the new books and save $10!
We were going to remove this $10 discount on the bundle as soon as NDA lifted, but since this is a big celebration after all we’ve decided to extend the discount for 48 hours.
So be sure to order the bundle and snag your discount before it’s too late!
Fifth Course: iOS Apprentice Part 1 Updated for iOS 7
If you’re completely new to iOS development (or need a brush-up on the foundations) we have good news for you too!
Part 1 of the iOS Apprentice Series is now fully updated for iOS 7!
The author of the series (Matthijs Hollemans) is also hard at work updating the rest of the series to iOS 7 and hopes to release the fully updated series soon.
The iOS Apprentice series was originally written for iOS 4, and Matthijs has consistently updated the series for iOS 5, then iOS 6, and now iOS 7 – all as free updates. Regular free updates like this is one of the benefits you get from purchasing books and tutorials on this site, which is hard to find anywhere else! :]
Wondering how to get access to the latest version of iOS Apprentice Part 1: Getting Started? If you are a newsletter subscriber, you will receive an email with the download link shortly. If you are an existing iOS Apprentice customer, you can find the latest download link on your My Loot page.
Matthijs and I hope you enjoy! :]
Sixth Course: iOS 7 Tutorial Month
And for those of you who don’t want to or can’t spend any money – don’t worry, we still want to give you a bunch of free tutorials to thank you for reading this site! :]
In fact, every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday in the next calendar month, we will post a free new iOS 7 tutorial.
Here what you’ll see in iOS 7 by Tutorials Month:
- 5 abbreviated chapters from iOS 7 by Tutorials. We will be posting 5 chapters from iOS 7 by Tutorials for free on the site so you can see what they’re like. However, many of these chapters will be shortened forms of what is actually in the book, to avoid spoiling the content. But don’t worry – it will still be plenty to get you started!
- 4 Cocos2D tutorials ported to Sprite Kit. This site has a lot of great Cocos2D tutorials that would be great demonstrations of how Sprite Kit works. So this month, we’re going to port 4 of them over to Sprite Kit!
- 2 brand new Sprite Kit tutorials. We’re also going to release two brand new tutorials focused on Sprite Kit – we think you’ll like them!
- 4 older tutorials updated to iOS 7. It’s important to us to try to keep our existing tutorials as up-to-date as we can. So we’re going to get started by updating 4 of your favorites this month to iOS 7.
- Some secret bonuses! We might even produce some completely new iOS 7 tutorials not related to the book or tutorial updates. Keep your eyes open!
And I have a sneaky surprise about iOS 7 Tutorial Month: actually, it never ends. :]
Although after this month the post cycle will probably quiet down a bit from 3 times a week to something more sustainable, all of the tutorials posted on this site from here on out (with a few exceptions) will be iOS 7 compatible. We know you want the latest and greatest.
So check back here every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday (and then just keep on reading!) for some amazing free iOS 7 tutorials.
Dessert: iOS 7 Feast Giveaway
Last but not least, we have a particularly sweet ending to the feast this year.
The Tutorial Team and I came up with a list of the best tools and conferences for iOS developers, and asked the teams behind these if they’d like to join the Feast on an invite-only basis.
So this year contains a particularly awesome list of giveaways – I think of it as every iOS developer’s dream list. It’s the best line up of prizes we’ve had so far!
It’s so awesome that I tried to enter myself, but Vicki wouldn’t let me! :]
The grand prize winner will receive a massive prize pack of 33 prizes split into 10 categories:
Coding Tools
- AppCode Personal License ($99 value): An intelligent Objective-C IDE that helps iOS/OSX developers create outstanding apps with ease and pleasure.
- DeployMate ($20 value): DeployMate helps you identify unavailable, deprecated, and obsolete API usage in your Xcode projects. Mentioned in our Supporting Multiple iOS Versions and Devices tutorial!
- Spark Inspector ($40 value): Monitor, understand, and experiment with your app structure at a glance with Spark Inspector. You have to see it to believe it!
- Tower Git ($60 value): The most powerful Git client for your Mac.
App Sales Monitoring Tools
- AppViz 3 ($49 value): Get a 1-year subscription and early beta access to the best tool for monitoring your iOS and Mac App Store sales.
Design and Mockup Tools
- Briefs ($199 value): The essential app design and mockup tool for a professional design workflow.
- Paint Code ($100 value): PaintCode is a vector drawing app that generates Objective-C code in real time. Mentioned in our PaintCode tutorial series!
- Spectrum ($20 value): Intuitively design beautiful color schemes on your Mac.
- xScope ($30 value): Eight tools in one that will help any designer or developer do their job faster and produce more accurate results. Ideal for measuring, aligning, and inspecting on-screen graphics and layouts.
Image Editors
- Acorn ($50 value): An easy to use Mac image editor, designed for humans. With a ton of new features and refinements, you will make beautiful images in Acorn!
- Pixelmator ($15 value): An inspiring, easy-to-use, beautifully designed image editor built to help you create stunning new images and edit your existing photos.
Game Tools
- Glyph Designer ($40 value): Design beautiful fonts for your iOS games.
- Particle Designer 2.0 Indie License ($60 value): Create amazing particle systems for your games with a visual editor. Now 100% redesigned, and fully Sprite Kit compatible!
- Texture Packer ($39 value): The sprite sheet creator that turns chaos into order!
- PhysicsEditor ($19 value): Edit your physics shapes with ease!
iOS Controls
- ShinobiCharts Standard ($395 value): Bring your app’s data to life with these professional chart components.
- ShinobiGrids Standard ($395 value): Powerful data grids you can add into your iOS apps.
- ShinobiEssentials ($195 value): A kit of popular UI controls you can add to your apps like carousels, overlay panels, progress indicators, and more.
Conference Tickets
- CocoaConf ($800 value): A free ticket to any CocoaConf event in 2013 or 2014 – plus the pre-conference workshop!
- 360iDev ($800 value): A free ticket to 360iDev in 2014 – also includes the pre-conference workshop!
PDF Books and Starter Kits
- iOS Games by Tutorials ($54 value): Learn how to make iOS games using Apple’s brand new 2D game framework: Sprite Kit!
- iOS 7 by Tutorials ($54 value): Learn about the new APIs that were introduced in iOS 7 like Text Kit, UIKit Dynamics, and NSURLSession.
- iOS 6 by Tutorials ($44 value): Learn about the new APIs that were introduced in iOS 6 like Auto Layout, Collection Views, and Passbook. Still relevant in iOS 7!
- iOS 5 by Tutorials ($24 value): Learn about the new APIs that were introduced in iOS 5 like ARC, Storyboards, and Core Image. Still relevant in iOS 7!
- The iOS Apprentice Series ($72 value): Learn how to make iPhone and iPad apps via epic length tutorials – for complete beginners!
- Monster iOS ($25 value): A great introduction to making apps – with a side dish of vampires!
- Space Game Starter Kit ($129 value): Learn how to make a full side-scrolling space game with Cocos2D!
- Platformer Game Starter Kit ($129 value): Learn how to make a Mario-like platformer game with Cocos2D!
- Beat ‘Em Up Game Starter Kit ($129 value): Learn how to make a pixel art beat ’em up game with Cocos2D!
Print Books
- Effective Objective-C ($45 value): Tutorial Team member Matt Galloway recently wrote an awesome book on getting the most of your Objective-C code – and the grand prize winner gets a copy!
- Advance Print Copy of iOS Games by Tutorials ($54 value): Right now we only sell the PDF version of iOS Games by Tutorials, but later this year we’ll be making a print version. We’ll send the grand prize winner the first copy of the book printed!
- Advance Print Copy of iOS 7 by Tutorials ($54 value): Similarly, be the first to get the print version of iOS 7 by Tutorials when it’s ready!
- Advance Print Copy of The iOS Apprentice Series ($72 value): Similarly, be the first to get the print version of the iOS Apprentice series when it’s ready!
Bonus Loot
- raywenderlich.com T-shirt ($25 value): Sport a stylish black t-shirt with a colorful mosaic iPhone design!
- Plus… cold hard cash for a new iPhone 5 S! ($199 value)
In total, the grand prize has more than $4,000 in value!
Do you wanna be this guy? Make your first entry into the contest by clicking the button below!
Huge thanks to all of our sponsors and friends who helped make this massive giveaway possible. Don’t thank us – thank them for putting the community first!
Please be sure to check out their pages – these are the tools and conferences we know and love, and they are must haves for serious iOS developers.
Note: To be eligible to win the grand prize, you must be based in either Europe or the US. If you’re in another country, don’t worry – you are eligible for the other 49 prizes listed below! :]