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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 What
you'll learn * Learn Objective-C programming, the
gateway to programming your iPhone, iPad or Mac * Write
apps for the iOS and/or OS X interfaces, the cleanest
user-interfaces around * Understand variables and how to
design your own data structures * Work with the new
Objective-C features now available in this update like
blocks, automated reference counting (ARC) and class
extensions * Work with new tools available like Clang
static analyzer and Grand Central Dispatch (GCD) *
Undertand UIKit and how to build simple user interfaces
easily and effectively * Explore using the latest Xcode
Who this book is for For anyone wanting to learn to
program native apps in iOS and/or OS X, including
developers new to the iOS-based iPhone and iPad as well
as OS X-based Mac computers.This book is for developers
new to Objective-C, but who have some programming
experience. Table of Contents * Hello * Extensions to C
* Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming *
Inheritance * Composition * Source File Organization and
Using Xcode 4 * More About Xcode * A Quick Tour of the
Foundation Kit * Memory Management and ARC * Object
Initialization * Properties * Categories * Protocols *
Blocks and Concurrency * Introduction to UIKit *
Introduction to the Application Kit * File Loading and
Saving * Key-Value Coding * Using the Static Analyzer *
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