Learn Objective-C on the Mac

by Scott Knaster, Mark Dalrymple

Overview

Take your coding skills to the next level with this extensive guide to Objective–C, the native programming language for developing sophisticated software applications for Mac OS X. Objective–C is a powerful, object–oriented extension of C, making this book the perfect follow–up to Dave Mark's bestselling Learn C on the Mac, Mac OS X Edition. Whether you're an experienced C programmer or you're coming from a different language such as C++ or Java, leading Mac experts Mark Dalrymple and Scott Knaster show you how to harness the powers of Objective–C in your applications!

• A complete course on the basics of Objective–C using Apple's free Xcode tools
• An introduction to object–oriented programming
• Comprehensive coverage of inheritance, composition, object initialization, categories, prools, memory management, and organizing source files
• A brief tour of Cocoa's foundation framework and AppKit
• A helpful “learning curve” guide for non–C developers

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781430218159
Publisher:	Apress
Publication date:	12/25/2008
Edition description:	1st ed.
Pages:	360
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

Hello.- Extensions to C.- to Object-Oriented Programming.- Inheritance.- Composition.- Source File Organization.- More About Xcode.- A Quick Tour of the Foundation Kit.- Memory Management.- Object Initialization.- Properties.- Categories.- Prools.- to the AppKit.- File Loading and Saving.- Key-Value Coding.- NSPredicate.