Learn Objective-C on the Mac

Learn to write apps for some of today's hottest technologies, including the iPhone and iPad (using iOS), as well as the Mac (using OS X). It starts with Objective-C, the base language on which the native iOS software development kit (SDK) and the OS X are based. Learn Objective-C on the Mac: For OS X and iOS, Second Edition updates a best selling book and is an extensive, newly updated guide to Objective-C.Objective-C is a powerful, object-oriented extension of C, making this update the perfect follow-up to Dave Mark's bestselling Learn C on the Mac. Whether you're an experienced C programmer or you're coming from a different language such as C++ or Java, leading Mac experts Scott Knaster and Waqar Malik show how to harness the power of Objective-C in your apps! A complete course on the basics of Objective-C using Apple's newest Xcode tools An introduction to object-oriented programming Comprehensive coverage of new topics like blocks, GCD, ARC, class extensions, as well as inheritance, composition, object initialization, categories, protocols, memory management, and organizing source files An introduction to building user interfaces using what is called the UIKit A primer for non-C programmers to get off the ground even faster

Learn to write apps for some of today's hottest technologies, including the i. Phone and i. Pad (using i. OS), as well as the Mac (using OS X). Learn Objective-C on the Mac: For OS X and i. OS, Second Edition is an extensive, newly updated guide to Objective-C, the native language that is the underlying foundation for the i. OS and OS X software development kits.

Autorentext
Scott Knaster is a legendary Mac hacker and author of such bestselling books as Hacking Mac OS X Tiger and Macintosh Programming Secrets. His book How to Write Macintosh Software was required reading for Mac programmers for more than a decade.

Inhalt

1. Hello
2. Extensions to C
3. Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming
4. Inheritance
5. Composition
6. Source File Organization and Using Xcode 4
7. More About Xcode
8. A Quick Tour of the Foundation Kit
9. Memory Management and ARC
10. Object Initialization
11. Properties
12. Categories
13. Protocols
14. Blocks and Concurrency
15. Introduction to UIKit
16. Introduction to the Application Kit
17. File Loading and Saving
18. Key-Value Coding
19. Using the Static Analyzer
20. NSPredicate Appendix: Coming from Other Languages