Objective-C Programming

After introducing you to Project Builder and Interface Builder, this book brings you quickly up to speed on the concepts of object-oriented programming with Objective-C, the language of choice for building Cocoa applications. From there, each chapter presents a different sample program for you to build, with easy to follow, step-by-step instructions to teach you the fundamentals of Cocoa programming. The techniques you will learn in each chapter lay the foundation for more advanced techniques and concepts presented in later chapters.

With this book, you'll be able to take full advantage of the range of tools included with Xcode. This book is written for non-programmers, and is aimed at levelling the learning curve as much as possible.

This book will attempt to teach C and Objective-C as one language. Objective-C is a strict superset of plain C, which means that any valid C is also valid Obj-C. It will supply plenty of screenshots, and include exercises at the end of each lesson.

This book serves as both a concise quick-reference and a comprehensive introduction for newcomers to the Objective-C programming language. It walks through each language feature step-by-step, explaining complex programming concepts via hands-on examples.

Now updated for the new "Modern Objective-C" features introduced. The goal of this book is to teach the skills necessary to program in Objective-C using a style that is easy to follow, rich in examples and accessible to those who have never used Objective-C before. Topics covered include the fundamentals of Objective-C such as variables, looping and flow control. Also included are details of object oriented programming, working with files and memory and the Objective-C Foundation framework.