APress Updates and Extends Their iOS BookList

It always slightly baffles me why Apple have not reaped the rewards of their success through a Technical Education Department, like so many other technical companies. When you have a great product and a ripe demand ready for the picking, it is a win:win situation, where the vendor has the ability to direct and advise development practices on said product, through education. This in turn can lead to increased adoption, standardization, innovation and reduced support cases/development errors (bugs). So as far as I know, it is down to Apple's World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC), that we have just seen in San Francisco this month (June), to train the faithful within sessions by Apple Engineers and outside of that, by their great Developer Community. This secondary group being helped by some elite and studious developers to create materials for publication in book format or hands-on training courses themselves. I have always been an advocate of Training Through a Recession... Could Just Help You Out and that 2011 will be the year when the Corporate Developer Goes Mobile. On the first subject there are many great books around and my taste is currently being satisfied mainly by APress. Here are a few more reviews for their iOS books...

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