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Objective-C Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide ,2nd edition::9780133491906

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Published by Big Nerd Ranch Guides (November 20, 2013) © 2014

Aaron Hillegass | Mikey Ward
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    ISBN-13: 9780133491906

    Objective-C Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide ,2nd edition

    Published 2014

    Language: English

    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 basics

    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

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