[raywenderlich] tvOS Apprentice

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Learn how to make tvOS Apps!
Learn how to make tvOS apps from the ground up, with a series of tutorials for complete beginners!

This book teaches you how to make tvOS apps in two different ways: via the traditional method using UIKit, and via the new Client-Server method using TVML.

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Here is a tentative table of contents. Note this book is still in development and this is subject to change.

• Chapter 1, Architecture: Covers the concept of JavaScript / TVML based UI, as well as Traditional UI, and pros and cons of both designs.
• Chapter 2, Hello, TVML app: Make your first TVML app!
• Chapter 3, Simple TVML templates: Learn about some simple TVML templates such as Alert, Descriptive Alert, Form, Main Menu, and Menu Bar.
• Chapter 4, Advanced TVML templates: Learn about more advanced TVML templates such as Catalog, Compilation, List, Parade, Product, and Stack.
• Chapter 5, TVJS: Learn how to use the TVJS framework to inspect, modify, and create TVML.
• Chapter 6, TVMLKit: Learn how to use new TVMLKit as a Swift / TVML bridge.
• Chapter 7, Harnessing the Server: Go through a real-world example of generating TVML from a web app.
• Chapter 8, Hello, Traditional App: Make your first traditional tvOS app!
• Chapter 9, Basic Controls: Learn about basic tvOS controls like Images, Buttons, Text Input.
• Chapter 10, Stack Views: Learn how to use stack views to layout your tvOS apps.
• Chapter 11, Collection Views: Learn how to use table views to display collections of data in your tvOS apps.
• Chapter 12, Navigation: Learn how to add navigation into your tvOS apps using UITabBarController, UINavigationController, and more.
• Chapter 13, Focus: Learn about the new tvOS focus engine and how to design your apps around this concept.
• Chapter 14, Animation: Learn how to apply animation in tvOS and Apple’s recommendations on the matter from the HIG.
• Chapter 15, Networking: Learn how to use NSURLSession to retrieve data from a server, including stuff like caching images, best practices, etc.
• Chapter 16, Playing Video: The Basics: Learn how to play video content, full screen, not full screen, etc.
• Chapter 17, User Input and the Controller basics: Learn about different button presses from the controller and how to handle them, plus how you can create gesture recognizers for the touch section of the controller.
• Chapter 18, CloudKit: Learn how to use CloudKit to store data for your tvOS apps.
• Chapter 19, Advanced Video Playback: Learn how to use AVFoundation for more advanced video manipulation.
• Chapter 20, In-App Purchase: Learn how to make money in your tvOS apps with in-app purchase.
• Chapter 21, On Demand Resources: Learn how to allow Apple to host some extra of your app’s assets so you don’t necessarily have to download them all at app download time.
• Chapter 22, Mixing TVML and Traditional UI: Learn how you can leverage the power of TVML in traditional UI-based apps!
• Chapter 23, Designing for tvOS: Learn how to design delightful tvOS apps, including dealing with different screen sizes, safe zones around the edges of the screen, the focus on images and minimal text, color palettes, parallax, focus, etc.
• Chapter 24, Creating Layered Images: Learn how to create layered images, including using the preview tool, and how to manage them in Xcode.
• Chapter 25, The Top Shelf: Learn how to create top shelf images for your apps, including dynamically changing their content.
• Appendix I, Javscript Crash Course: TVML apps use Javascript. If you don’t know it already, this crash course may come in handy!
• Appendix II, Web Development Crash Course: This appendix will cover the web development knowledge you’ll need to follow along with the book.