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Sadun, Erica.
The iOS 5 developer’s cookbook : core concepts and essential recipes for iOS program-
mers / Erica Sadun. — 3rd ed.
p. cm.
Rev. ed. of: iPhone developer’s cookbook. 2009.
ISBN 978-0-321-83207-8 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. iPhone (Smartphone)—Programming. 2. Computer software—Development. 3. Mobile
computing. I. Sadun, Erica. iPhone developer’s cookbook. II. Title.
QA76.8.I64S33 2011
004.16’7—dc23
2011036427
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