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Here’s a nice tutorial for learning Scene Kit by Ricardo Rendon Cepeda.

The tutorial goes through an in-depth explanation of Scene Kit, setting up a project, setting up a scene’s camera, lighting and background, and goes through the creation of a simple atom visualization app drawing the carbon atoms for several different substances complete with coloring and material.

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Learn how to use the new Handoff API introduced in iOS 8 to allow users to continue their activities across different devices.

Handoff is a new feature in iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite. Handoff lets you continue an activity uninterrupted when you switch from one device to another – without the need to reconfigure either device.

You can add handoff feature to your iOS and OS X apps in iOS 8 and Yosemite. In this tutorial you’ll learn the basic workings of Handoff and how to use it on iOS with a non-document-based app.

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Learn how to easily create 3D scenes in your iOS apps or games in this Scene Kit tutorial!

In this Scene Kit tutorial, you’ll learn how to build a simple Scene Kit app by developing a 3D Carbon Visualizer.
3D visualization is a great option for explaining complex concepts – like chemical compounds, in this case – in a fun, playful, and easily digestible format. Words and diagrams are essential, but Scene Kit can definitely elevate your work to a new level!

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Learn how to keep your apps feeling quick and responsive, and perform operations in the background in this tutorial on NSOperation and NSOperationQueue.

One way to perform operations concurrently in iOS is with the NSOperation and NSOperationQueue classes. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to use them! You’ll start with an app that doesn’t use concurrency at all, so it will appear very sluggish and unresponsive. Then you will rework the application to add concurrent operations and — hopefully — provide a more responsive interface to the user!

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