Objective-C Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide

by Aaron Hillegass, Mikey Ward

Overview

Before programmers can master Cocoa and write state-of-the-art software for Mac OS X, iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, they must first understand the essentials of Objective-C. In this book, the world's leading Mac development trainers bring together all the knowledge programmers will need to program effectively with the latest version of this powerful language. The authors first review the basics of C, the language Objective-C is based on. Next, they systematically introduce today's best practices for object-oriented programming with Objective-C.

 

This edition covers new features of the Objective-C language including number/array/dictionary literal syntax, boxing, and subscripting and the most recent best practices and style guidelines. It also includes more information on advanced Objective-C and the Objective-C runtime and is updated for the latest version of Xcode.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780133491906
Publisher:	Pearson Education
Publication date:	11/20/2013
Series:	Big Nerd Ranch Guides
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	325
File size:	6 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Aaron Hillegass, a former employee at NeXT and Apple, has nearly two decades experience programming and teaching Objective-C, Cocoa, and, more recently, iOS. Aaron is the author of Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X and co-author of iOS Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide. Both best-sellers, these books have helped many people develop and enhance their programming skills. In 2001, Aaron founded Big Nerd Ranch and began developing intensive courses that teach programming in a focused, distraction-free environment. He is currently working on site plans and blueprints for the new Ranch to be located in Atlanta, GA.

Mikey Ward is a senior iOS and Cocoa instructor at Big Nerd Ranch. Mikey also convenes the Atlanta chapter of CocoaHeads, a worldwide group devoted to discussion of Apple's frameworks for writing Mac and iOS applications.

Big Nerd Ranch is a unique software engineering and training company where monastic principles drive technological development. Since 2001, the company has been helping students master programming languages through public enrollment bootcamps, private corporate on-site training, and a growing roster of programming books. Big Nerd Ranch offers consultative services to a broad array of clients, shaping their mobile strategies and developing fresh and engaging mobile and desktop applications.

Table of Contents

Part I: Getting Started
1. You and This Book
2. Your First Program

Part II: How Programming Works
3. Variables and Types
4. if/else
5. Functions
6. Numbers
7. Loops
8. Addresses and Pointers
9. Pass By Reference
10. Structs
11. The Heap

Part III: Objective-C and Foundation
12. Objects
13. More Messages
14. NSString
15. NSArray
16. Developer Documentation
17. Your First Class
18. Inheritance
19. Object Instance Variables
20. Preventing Memory Leaks
21. Collection Classes
22. Constants
23. Writing Files with NSString and NSData
24. Callbacks
25. Protocols
26. Property Lists

Part IV: Event-Driven Applications
27. Your First iOS Application
28. Your First Cocoa Application

Part V: Advanced Objective-C
29. init
30. Properties
31. Categories
32. Blocks

Part VI: Advanced C
33. Bitwise Operations
34. C Strings
35. C Arrays
36. Command-Line Arguments
37. Switch Statements

Part VII: Objective-C Runtime
38. How Messaging Works
39. How Classes Work
40. Runtime Attributes
41. Method Swizzling
42. Associated Objects