Introducing the iOS 8 Feast!

Sixth Course: iOS 8 Tutorial Month

“That all sounds great,” you may think, “but what I really want is something FREE!”

Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered as well :]

For the next month, we will be releasing a free tutorial every day Monday-Friday!

Notice that during the iOS 8 Tutorial Month, we will be releasing a new Swift book every Wednesday! Here’s the release schedule for your convenience:

• Wednesday 9/17 [Today]: Swift by Tutorials, The iOS Apprentice 3rd Edition, Part 1
• Wednesday 9/24: iOS 8 by Tutorials
• Wednesday 10/1: iOS Games by Tutorials Second Edition, The iOS Apprentice 3rd Edition, Part 2
• Wednesday 10/8: The iOS Apprentice 3rd Edition, Part 3
• Wednesday 10/15: Core Data by Tutorials, The iOS Apprentice 3rd Edition, Part 4
• Wednesday 10/22 [End of Feast]: iOS 8 Feast Giveaway Winners Announced

Check back every day for a new free tutorial – or every Wednesday for a new Swift book!

Seventh course: Surprise Announcement!

Next, we have a very special surprise announcement for you!

We are very happy to announce that by popular demand, we are hosting an official raywenderlich.com conference: RWDevCon!

The conference will run February 6-7, 2015 in downtown Washington DC. We are teaming up with John Wilker from 360Conferences to host the conference, so if you’re a fan of 360iDev, you’ll love RWDevCon!

What makes RWDevCon different from other conferences is that it will be focused on high quality, hands-on tutorials. Rather than just watching talks, you’ll get to participate!

In addition, all of the material at the conference will be coordinated as a team, much like we do for our books, so that you can get the most optimal experience.

For a short time, we are offering an Early Bird Discount of $100 off. Be sure to snag your discount while you still can – tickets are limited.

• Snag Your Discount Now!

The team and I can’t wait to meet you in-person! :]

Dessert: iOS 8 Feast Giveaway

Last but not least, we have a particularly sweet ending to the feast this year.

The other day on Twitter I ran an informal poll to see what everyone’s favorite iOS dev tools were, and then asked the teams behind these tools if they’d like to join the Feast on an invite-only basis.

Tons of folks were kind enough to donate copies of their tools to join in the celebration – making the most epic collection of iOS dev tools ever!

(Are you a tool developer interested in contributing a prize? Contact me!)

The grand prize winner will receive a massive prize pack of 47 prizes split into 11 categories:

Coding Tools

1. AppCode 3 Personal License ($99 value): An intelligent IDE that helps iOS/OSX developers create outstanding apps with ease and pleasure. Now with basic Swift support!
2. Tower Git ($60 value): The most powerful Git client for your Mac.
3. Spark Inspector ($50 value): Monitor, understand, and experiment with your app structure at a glance with Spark Inspector. You have to see it to believe it!
4. Base 2 ($30 value): A Mac OS X application for creating, designing, editing, and browsing SQLite 3 database files.
5. Paw 2 ($20 value): A handy app to test HTTP calls and RESTful APIs. It lets you send HTTP requests (like cURL), and generates NSURLConnection or AFNetworking code.
6. Dash ($20 value): Instant offline access to documentation sets, and extremely handy snippet manager.
7. Update 10/1: New prize added! Charles ($50 value): A HTTP proxy that enables a developer to view all of the HTTP traffic between their machine and the internet.

Mockup Tools

8. Briefs ($199 value): The essential app design and mockup tool for a professional design workflow, for Mac OS X.
9. AppCooker ($20 value): Design apps like a chef – right on your iPad!

Design Tools

10. Paint Code 2 ($100 value): PaintCode is a vector drawing app that generates code in real time. Now fully up-to-date with Swift!
11. IconBeast ($75 value): A set of elegant 3,000 iOS tab bar and toolbar icons for iPhone and iPad!
12. xScope 4 ($50 value): Ten tools in one that will help any designer or developer do their job faster and produce more accurate results. Ideal for measuring, aligning, and inspecting on-screen graphics and layouts.
13. Pixelmator ($30 value): An inspiring, easy-to-use, beautifully designed image editor built to help you create stunning new images and edit your existing photos.
14. iOS Hat ($20 value): Turn Photoshop layers into Objective-C or Swift!
15. Update 10/1: New prize added! CrazyTalk Animator 2 Pipeline ($300 value): CrazyTalk Animator is built from the ground up as a revolutionary 2D animation software to generate character animations for your games or apps.

Game Tools

16. Spine Essential ($75 value): Spine is dedicated to 2D animation, providing an efficient workflow both for creating amazing animation and for integrating it into your games.
17. Particle Designer 2.0 Indie License ($75 value): Create amazing particle systems for your games with a visual editor. Now 100% redesigned!
18. Glyph Designer ($40 value): Design beautiful fonts for your iOS games.
19. Texture Packer ($39 value): The sprite sheet creator that turns chaos into order!
20. PhysicsEditor ($19 value): Edit your physics shapes with ease!

Productivity Tools

21. 1Password for Mac ($50 value): The most popular password manager for the Mac!
22. Reflector ($13 value): An AirPlay receiver that allows you to wirelessly display your iPad or iPhone on your Mac. Great for making app videos!
23. Soulver ($12 value): A handy app to help you play around with numbers, more conveniently than a traditional calculator.

iOS Controls

24. ShinobiCharts Standard ($395 value): Bring your app’s data to life with these professional chart components.
25. ShinobiGrids Standard ($395 value): Powerful data grids you can add into your iOS apps.
26. ShinobiEssentials ($195 value): A kit of popular UI controls you can add to your apps like carousels, overlay panels, progress indicators, and more.

Conference Tickets

27. RWDevCon ($599 value): A free ticket to our official raywenderlich.com conference: RWDevCon! Meet up with the team, learn, and be inspired!
28. 360iDev ($800 value): A free ticket to 360iDev in 2014 – also includes the pre-conference workshop!
29. Update 10/1: New prize added! CocoaConf ($800 value): A free ticket to any CocoaConf event in 2013 or 2014 – plus the pre-conference workshop!

PDF Books and Starter Kits

30. Swift by Tutorials ($54 value): Learn Apple’s brand new programming language, Swift, the quick and easy way: via hands-on tutorials!
31. iOS 8 by Tutorials ($54 value): Learn about the new APIs in iOS 8 such as Adaptive UI, App Extensions, and Cloud Kit!
32. Core Data by Tutorials ($54 value): Take control of your data in iOS apps using Core Data, Apple’s powerful object graph and persistence framework.
33. The iOS Apprentice, 3rd Edition ($54 value): Learn how to make iPhone and iPad apps from the ground up, with a series of epic-length tutorials for beginners!
34. iOS Games by Tutorials, 2nd Edition ($54 value): Learn how to make 2D games for the iPhone and iPad using Apple’s brand new game framework, Sprite Kit.
35. iOS 7 by Tutorials ($44 value): Learn about the new APIs that were introduced in iOS 7 like Text Kit, UIKit Dynamics, and NSURLSession. Still relevant in iOS 8
36. iOS 6 by Tutorials ($24 value): Learn about the new APIs that were introduced in iOS 6 like Auto Layout, Collection Views, and Passbook. Still relevant in iOS 8!
37. Space Game Starter Kit ($129 value): Learn how to make a full side-scrolling space game with Sprite Kit!
38. Platformer Game Starter Kit ($129 value): Learn how to make a Mario-like platformer game with Sprite Kit!
39. Beat ‘Em Up Game Starter Kit ($129 value): Learn how to make a pixel art beat ’em up game with Sprite Kit!

Video Tutorials

40. 1-year raywenderlich.com Subscription (Beta) ($180 value): Get full access to our complete catalog of video tutorials – plus get access to a new video tutorial each week!

Print Books

41. Advance Print Copy of Swift by Tutorials ($54 value): Right now we only sell the PDF version of Swift by Tutorials, but later this year we’ll be making a print version. We’ll send the grand prize winner the first copy of the book printed!
42. Advance Print Copy of iOS 8 by Tutorials ($54 value): Similarly, be the first to get the print version of iOS 8 by Tutorials when it’s ready!
43. Advance Print Copy of Core Data by Tutorials ($54 value): Similarly, be the first to get the print version of Core Data by Tutorials when it’s ready!
44. Advance Print Copy of The iOS Apprentice, 3rd Edition ($54 value): Similarly, be the first to get the print version of the iOS Apprentice, 3rd Edition when it’s ready!
45. Advance Print Copy of iOS Games by Tutorials, Second Edition ($54 value): Similarly, be the first to get the print version of iOS Games by Tutorials, 2nd Edition when it’s ready!

Bonus Loot

46. raywenderlich.com T-shirt ($25 value): Sport a stylish black t-shirt with a colorful mosaic iPhone design!
47. Plus… cold hard cash for a new iPhone 6! ($199 value)

In total, the grand prize winner will receive over $6,000 in value!

Do you wanna be this guy? Make your first entry into the contest by clicking the button below!

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Huge thanks to all of our sponsors and friends who helped make this massive giveaway possible. Don’t thank us – thank them for putting the community first!

Please be sure to check out their pages – these are the tools and conferences we know and love, and they are must haves for serious iOS developers.

Note: To be eligible to win the grand prize, you must be based in either Europe or the US. If you’re in another country, don’t worry – you are eligible for the other 50+ prizes listed below! :]