Book Description
Want to write iOS apps or desktop Mac applications? This introduction to programming and the Objective-C language is your first step on the journey from someone who uses apps to someone who writes them.
Based on Big Nerd Ranch's popular Objective-C Bootcamp, Objective-C Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide covers C, Objective-C, and the common programming idioms that enable developers to make the most of Apple technologies. Compatible with Xcode 5, iOS 7, and OS X Mavericks (10.9), this guide features short chapters and an engaging style to keep you motivated and moving forward. At the same time, it encourages you to think critically as a programmer.
1. Here are some of the topics covered:
2. Using Xcode, Apple’s documentation, and other tools
3. Programming basics: variables, loops, functions, etc.
4. Objects, classes, methods, and messages
5. Pointers, addresses, and memory management with ARC
6. Properties and Key-Value Coding (KVC)
7. Class extensions
8. Categories
9. Classes from the Foundation framework
10. Blocks
11. Delegation, target-action, and notification design patterns
12. Key-Value Observing (KVO)
13. Runtime basics
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Objective-c Programming (2nd Edition)