Learning Objective-C 2.0,Rough Cuts: A Hands-on Guide to Objective-C for Mac and iOS Developers, 2nd Edition

Description

• Copyright 2013
• Dimensions: 7" x 9"
• Pages: 480
• Edition: 2nd

• Rough Cuts
• ISBN-10: 0-13-304741-5
• ISBN-13: 978-0-13-304741-7

This is the Rough Cut version of the printed book.

Get Started Fast with Objective-C 2.0 Programming for OS X Mountain Lion, iOS 5.1, and Beyond

Fully updated for Xcode 4.4, Learning Objective-C 2.0, Second Edition, is today’s most useful beginner’s guide to Objective-C 2.0. One step at a time, it will help you master the newest version of Objective-C 2.0 and start writing high-quality programs for OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, iOS 5.1, and all of Apple’s newest computers and devices.

Top OS X and iOS developer Robert Clair first reviews the essential object and C concepts that every Objective-C 2.0 developer needs to know. Next, he introduces the basics of the Objective-C 2.0 language itself, walking through code examples one line at a time and explaining what’s happening behind the scenes.

This revised edition thoroughly introduces Apple’s new Automated Reference Counting (ARC), while also teaching conventional memory-management techniques that remain indispensable. Carefully building on what you’ve already learned, Clair progresses to increasingly sophisticated techniques in areas ranging from frameworks to security. Every topic has been carefully chosen for its value in real-world, day-to-day programming, and many topics are supported by hands-on practice exercises.

Coverage includes

·      Reviewing key C techniques and concepts, from program structure and formats to variables and scope

·      Understanding how objects and classes are applied in Objective-C 2.0

·      Writing your first Objective-C program with Xcode 4.4

·      Using messaging to efficiently perform tasks with objects

·      Getting started with Apple’s powerful frameworks and foundation classes

·      Using Objective-C control structures, including Fast Enumeration and exception handling

·      Adding methods to classes without subclassing

·      Using declared properties to save time and simplify your code

·      Mastering ARC and conventional memory management, and knowing when to use each

·      Using Blocks to prepare for concurrency with Apple’s Grand Central Dispatch

·      Leveraging Xcode 4.4 improvements to enums and @implementation

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Sample Content

Table of Contents

Preface xxv

Acknowledgments xxxv

About the Author xxxvii

Part I: Introduction to Objective-C 1

Chapter 1: C, the Foundation of Objective-C 3

The Structure of a C Program 4

Variables 8

Operators 16

Expressions and Statements 21

Program Flow 23

Preprocessor 33

Command Line Compiling and Debugging 37

Summary 39

Exercises 39

Chapter 2: More about C Variables 43

Memory Layout of a C Program 43

Automatic Variables 44

External Variables 46

Declaration Keywords 46

Scope 50

Dynamic Allocation 51

Summary 54

Exercises 55

Chapter 3: An Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming 57

Object-Oriented Programming 57

An Introduction to Objective-C 60

Objective-C Additions 68

Summary 74

Chapter 4: Your First Objective-C Program 75

Building with Xcode 75

Objective-C Program Structure 79

An Object-Oriented “Hello World” 83

main.m 90

Summary 92

Exercises 92

Part II: Language Basics 95

Chapter 5: Messaging 97

Methods 97

A Simple Method 97

Methods with Arguments 98

Messaging 100

Messaging Details 103

Under the Hood 111

Message Forwarding 113

Efficiency 114

Introspection and Other Runtime Fun 115

Summary 117

Exercises 117

Chapter 6: Classes and Objects 119

Defining a Class 119

Subclassing a Class 123

Creating Objects 131

Destroying Objects 139

Copying Objects 141

Summary 146

Exercises 146

Chapter 7: The Class Object 149

Class Objects 149

Other Class Methods 153

Mimicking Class Variables 158

Summary 163

Exercises 164

Chapter 8: Frameworks 167

What Is a Framework? 168

Cocoa and Cocoa Touch 169

AppKit 170

UIKit 171

Core Foundation 172

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