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Nice. I think there are a lot of programmery types out there who would like to improve their UI/Photoshop skills. I'll definitely check this out.

If I could offer one piece of constructive criticism:

It would be nice to see some examples of things you've built. That's the #1 thing I look for. I realize this can be problematic when working for someone else.

That makes sense. Here are two of my iOS apps:

http://onevoiceapp.com http://thinklegend.com/commit

More of my design work is here:

http://thinklegend.com/design

I appreciate the feedback!

I noticed that in the sample chapter you mention that subtlepatterns.com does not require a credit link (although appreciated)

This no longer seems to be the case, and the site now mentions only CC-BY-SA 3.0 (with no mention of not requiring attribution)

You are right. The license is clear, but the FAQ page doesn't mention the credit link requirement. I'll email them and see what they prefer. Sometimes it is hard to give credit in iOS apps.

Was hoping to get an extra inside peek for HNers to differentiate this from a post strictly to promote a book release.

Have you seen the preview chapter? That may be what you are looking for: http://nathanbarry.com/app-design-handbook

I'll try to include more useful information later.

That was a very easy link to miss (even though you can click the image of the book as well to display the sample PDF) — maybe consider elevating the download text?

Oops. I pasted in the wrong link. I meant to give you the direct link to the preview: http://nathanbarry.com/wp-content/uploads/The-App-Design-Han...

Didn't mean to be a jerk and give you a link to the exact same page. Sorry!

If you have any questions about designing iOS applications or about the book I'd be happy to answer them!

I have prior experience in Programming (C,C++,Objective-C,etc..). The programming part is easy for me. However at the design part i barely know anything. For example I can made a shadow for a image, but it takes me hours digging trough lots of Photoshop tutorials. %80 of my time goes to the design part, and this is to much in comparing to programming.

Is this book suitable for me?

Yes, In the book itself I talk a lot about best practices and iOS design principles, but don't cover a lot of specific code. In the resources I include video tutorials of actually designing and implementing the case studies. I think you will really like it.

Looks great! What do the videos cover?

They are video tutorials of the case studies. So they cover designing an app and a login form in Photoshop, then implementing those designs using Interface Builder and Xcode. About 2.5+ hours of video.

Purchased. I've really appreciated all the iOS tips and design resources on your blog!

Thanks! I hope people learn a lot from them. I've learned so much from everyone's web design and dev blogs over the years that I really feel the need to share what I've learned.

Awesome!

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