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Title: Xcode for the Easily Amused
Review: While this book does have several useful bits of information, finding them requires a torturous slog through some of the worst "technical" writing I have come across. The authors of this book seem to think of themselves as brilliant commedians, wasting no opportunity to interject a "witty" aside. It is a rare paragraph that doesn't suffer from these distractions, making for a very frustrating reading experience if you're just trying to learn something about the topic ostensibly under discussion. The authors also have a fondness for throwing completely unrelated material into the mix in the form of dozens of call-out boxes that, when combined with the liberal use of oversized screenshots, breaks every page up into a patchwork grid of text, images, and call-outs. I cannot recommend this book to anyone serious about learning and understanding Xcode 2.
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