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Asked: 2026-06-05T19:12:38+00:00

I’m looking for something current, iOS5 and Xcode 4.2. I’m not a fan of

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I’m looking for something current, iOS5 and Xcode 4.2. I’m not a fan of the apple docs, I’m looking for a good book. My goal with Core Data is learning CRUD operations, how to set up relationships, save photos/video and store references to them in Core Data, etc.

I’ve come across a few:

  1. http://amzn.to/LhAZIu Pro Core Data for iOS, Second Edition (seems to be the latest)
  2. http://amzn.to/MGM6gi Core Data: Apple’s API for Persisting Data on Mac OS X (people give this one high marks, but it’s from 2009 and seems to be out of print now)
  3. http://amzn.to/LyHffu Core Data for iOS: Developing Data-Driven Applications for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch (not many reviews on this one)

Any other suggestions or should I pick up one of these? I’m not opposed to checking out some good tutorials if they cover what I’m looking for. Any help would be appreciated.

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  1. Editorial Team

    I suggest you to read both 1 and 3. They cover a lot of stuff in Core Data and they are very complete. They are not updated to iOS 5 API but I think they provide basic and intermediate concepts to understand what is goin on with this framework.

    Marcus Zarra‘s book (2) is not updated to new iOS 5 API and I also think it cannot be purchased anymore. But still remains valid.

    In addition you can also find valuable tutorials on Cocoa is my girlfriend blog by Marcus Zarra or raywenderlich.

    Take also a look to ideveloper.tv. The site sells video on Core Data (and more). Stuff are updated to reflect iOS 5 API and are explained by Marcus Zarra.

    Finally, you could also see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1939/how-to-articles-for-iphone-development-and-objective-c.

    Hope that helps.

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