Objective-C Programming

Want to write iOS apps or desktop Mac applications? This introduction to programming and the Objective-C language is your first step on the journey from someone who uses apps to someone who writes them. Based on Big Nerd Ranch's popular Objective-C Bootcamp, Objective-C Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide covers C, Objective-C, and the common programming idioms that enable developers to make the most of Apple technologies. Compatible with Xcode 5, iOS 7, and OS X Mavericks (10.9), this guide features short chapters and an engaging style to keep you motivated and moving forward. At the same time, it encourages you to think critically as a programmer. Here are some of the topics covered: * Using Xcode, Apple's documentation, and other tools * Programming basics: variables, loops, functions, etc. * Objects, classes, methods, and messages * Pointers, addresses, and memory management with ARC * Properties and Key-Value Coding (KVC) * Class extensions * Categories * Classes from the Foundation framework * Blocks * Delegation, target-action, and notification design patterns * Key-Value Observing (KVO) * Runtime basicsPart 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