Objective-C Programming
The Big Nerd Ranch Guide| By: | Aaron Hillegass; Mikey Ward |
| Publisher: | Pearson Technology Group |
| Print ISBN: | 9780321942067 |
| eText ISBN: | 9780133491906 |
| Edition: | 2 |
| Copyright: | 2014 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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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.
Here are some of the topics covered:
- Using Xcode, Apple’s documentation, and other tools
- Programming basics: variables, loops, functions, etc.
- Objects, classes, methods, and messages
- Pointers, addresses, and memory management with ARC
- Properties and Key-Value Coding (KVC)
- Class extensions
- Categories
- Classes from the Foundation framework
- Blocks
- Delegation, target-action, and notification design patterns
- Key-Value Observing (KVO)
- Runtime basics