So not all that long ago we put together a list of resources for getting into the gritty details of SQLite for your iPhone data management needs. And as chances are you’ve heard, that’s all unnecessary now because the awesomeness which is Core Data will be available on iPhone OS 3.o. Sooooo, as soon as you can target OS 3+ only, it behooves you to get up to speed on it!
First off, here’s a brief concepts overview to get you started.
Then visit Cocoa Dev Central for the exceedingly worthwhile Class Overview and sample application walkthrough.
Then go trawl the mothership for Officially Sanctioned resources, starting with the Programming Guide.
As always, cocoadev is a great resource for anything related to Cocoa, and Core Data is no exception.
A variety of interesting Core Data posts at Cocoa With Love.
And another good collection at Cocoa Is My Girlfriend.
And speaking of CIMGF, the great folks at Pragmatic (have you got their Core Animation book yet?) are bringing out a book on Core Data in the near future by Marcus Zarra of that blog, and based on what we’ve seen from all involved so far we’ll just go out on a limb here and recommend that you’re absolutely certain to find it invaluable and you should just click the picture and preorder it NOW!
[EDIT: And there's a new tutorial series starting here that looks worth following as well.]
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