Programming in Objective-C 2.0

A clear, example-rich introduction to the Objective-C 2.0 language for programmers new to Mac OS X or iPhone/iPad application development

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THE #1 BESTSELLING BOOK ON OBJECTIVE-C 2.0



 

Programming in Objective-C 2.0 provides the new programmer a complete, step-by-step introduction to Objective-C, the primary language used to develop applications for the iPhone, iPad, and Mac OS X platforms.

 

The book does not assume previous experience with either C or object-oriented programming languages, and it includes many detailed, practical examples of how to put Objective-C to use in your everyday iPhone/iPad or Mac OS X programming tasks.




A powerful yet simple object-oriented programming language that’s based on the C programming language, Objective-C is widely available not only on OS X and the iPhone/iPad platform but across many operating systems that support the gcc compiler, including Linux, Unix, and Windows systems.

 

The second edition of this book thoroughly covers the latest version of the language, Objective-C 2.0. And it shows not only how to take advantage of the Foundation framework’s rich built-in library of classes but also how to use the iPhone SDK to develop programs designed for the iPhone/iPad platform.

 

Table of Contents


 

   1    Introduction


Part I: The Objective-C 2.0 Language

    2    Programming in Objective-C 

    3    Classes, Objects, and Methods


    4    Data Types and Expressions


    5    Program Looping


    6    Making Decisions


    7    More on Classes

    8    Inheritance


    9    Polymorphism, Dynamic Typing, and Dynamic Binding


  10    More on Variables and Data Types


  11    Categories and Protocols


  12    The Preprocessor


  13    Underlying C Language Features


Part II: The Foundation Framework

  14    Introduction to the Foundation Framework


  15    Numbers, Strings, and Collections


  16    Working with Files


  17    Memory Management


  18    Copying Objects


  19    Archiving


Part III: Cocoa and the iPhone SDK

  20    Introduction to Cocoa 

  21    Writing iPhone Applications


Part IV: Appendixes

  A    Glossary


  B    Objective-C 2.0 Language Summary


  C    Address Book Source Code


  D    Resources