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Beginning Objective C

Apress

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  • A new, modern approach to learning Objective-C that offers contemporary techniques and prepares the reader for today's Apple programming skills.
  • A critically fast-paced book for experienced programmers who want a fast ramp-up to start programming Objective-C, providing them with everything they need to know.
  • Objective-C is the fastest growing significant programming language, relative to other languages, according to Tiobe - a well regarded industry index.
  • This Book covers Objective-C from more of an agnostic perspective, and that applications made can run on many platforms, not just Mac and iPhone.
  • This Book comes with a real world sample application case study, which covers a lot of areas of use to new Objective-C programmers— enough to give them the savvy to tackle the problems they are most likely to encounter in the real world.

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
  2. Getting Started with Objective-C

    • James Dovey, Ash Furrow
    Pages 1-22
  3. Object-Oriented Programming

    • James Dovey, Ash Furrow
    Pages 23-41
  4. Foundational APIs

    • James Dovey, Ash Furrow
    Pages 43-74
  5. Objective-C Language Features

    • James Dovey, Ash Furrow
    Pages 75-105
  6. Using the Filesystem

    • James Dovey, Ash Furrow
    Pages 107-157
  7. Networking: Connections, Data, and the Cloud

    • James Dovey, Ash Furrow
    Pages 159-187
  8. User Interfaces: The Application Kit

    • James Dovey, Ash Furrow
    Pages 189-224
  9. Data Management with Core Data

    • James Dovey, Ash Furrow
    Pages 225-268
  10. Writing an Application

    • James Dovey, Ash Furrow
    Pages 269-351
  11. Après Code: Distributing Your Application

    • James Dovey, Ash Furrow
    Pages 353-369
  12. Back Matter

    Pages 371-381

About this book

Objective-C is today's fastest growing programming language, at least in part due to the popularity of Apple's Mac, iPhone and iPad. Beginning Objective-C is for you if you have some programming experience, but you're new to the Objective-C programming language and you want a modern—and fast—way forwards to your own coding projects.

Beginning Objective-C offers you a modern programmer's perspective on Objective-C courtesy of two of the best iOS and Mac developers in the field today, and gets you programming to the best of your ability in this important language.  It gets you rolling fast into the sound fundamentals and idioms of Objective-C on the Mac and iOS, in order to learn how best to construct your applications and libraries, making the best use of the tools it provides— no matter what projects you plan to build. The book offers thorough introductions to the core tenets of the language itself and its primary toolkits: the Foundation and AppKit frameworks. Within its pages you will encounter a mine of information on many topics, including use of the file system and network APIs, concurrency and multi-core programming, the user interface system architecture, data modeling, and more.

You'll soon find yourself building a fairly complex Objective-C based application, and mastering the language ready for your own projects.

If you're new to programming altogether, then Apress has other Objective-C books for you such as our Learning and Absolute Beginner titles—otherwise, let your existing skills ramp you fast forwards in Objective-C with Beginning Objective-C so that you can start building your own applications quickly.

About the authors

Jim Dovey has been working exclusively on Mac OS X and iOS since early 2001, during which time he has written filesystems, low-level system daemons, dynamic code generation and linking, and end-user applications for both the Macintosh and the iPhone. He was also one of the leaders of the unofficial Apple TV programming scene. Past projects have included a complete networked system management suite, a digital signage system based on the Apple TV, and the Outpost iPhone app for Basecamp users. Prior to his entry into the world of Macintosh programming, Jim wrote software for Windows and Palm handheld devices, and worked on touch- and gesture-based interfaces back when the iPhone was barely an idea. Jim currently works as a software development consultant based in Toronto, Ontario.

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eBook USD 29.99
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  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
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  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 39.99
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  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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