Why does learning to use a new technology have to be so verbose and complicated? Why not focus on growing familiarity with the platform and learning to accomplish all the core functionalities while working with a familiar object-oriented language, C#? That is exactly what Oversimplified: Learning iOS Development with MonoTouch aims to do. The book is written such that the only requirement is that you have exposure to an object-oriented language. Nothing more.
By the end, you will be able to create a fully-functional iOS app and release it into the App Store! Throughout there are plenty of code samples and small projects that allow you to learn to make your own iOS apps by learning in the most natural and fluid way: doing.
For all the more educational learners out there, Oversimplified is also accompanied by an interactive website that provide things like quizzes, tests, and sample projects that will help you to more effectively gauge your progress.
What is the best part about Oversimplified: Learning iOS Development with MonoTouch? It's 100% free. Download it and distribute it as you may. I encourage you to read through, hack on something, and then donate if you feel that reading my book provided you with a great starting point to building complete, native iOS apps. Even better, I'm pledging to donate 25% of my roalties to charitable causes (such as Code for America).
