My Review of Optimizing Tables in iPhone Apps

Originally submitted at O’Reilly

Any experienced iPhone programmer understands that you can't build much in the way of complex user interfaces without tables. Every time you throw together a lengthy list view, tables are a concern. More than that, the stock manner of rendering tables is performance-intensive and results in …

Optimizing Tables in iPhone Apps

Well-done and Informative

Pros: Easy to understand, Concise, Helpful examples, Well-written, Accurate

Best Uses: Novice, Intermediate

Describe Yourself: Developer

I’ve been using tables for awhile with iOS development, so I wasn’t sure if I’d learn anything. I learned a few things, and am eager to go back to some existing apps and optimize the tables. The videos are well done and show a nice mix of source code, talking heads, explanations, running code (both simulator and device). I’m glad I watched these. BTW, the source code issue must have been rectified after the other reviews were written, because I got source code.

Note that these were done on Xcode 3, so novices on Xcode 4 might get tripped up in spots.

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