Prerequisite

This book assumes that you have a basic understanding of the iPhone SDK and you also know the basics of iPhone SDK programming.

To better understand the concept of Core Data, you should:

• Have a good understanding of the Objective-C protocol and the delegation pattern

• Be familiar with data source patterns, such as UITableView and UITableViewDataSource, for the purpose of displaying information

Even if you're not aware of these two concepts, Chapter 3, Understanding Objective-C Protocol and Table View and Chapter 4, Designing a Data Model and Building Data Objects for Customers of the book are focused to get you acquainted with them. That is why the two chapters are self-contained and each chapter presents an individual application.