Ebook: Learn Objective-C on the Mac: For OS X and iOS

Learn to write apps for some of today's hottest technologies, including the iPhone and iPad (using iOS), as well as the Mac (using OS X). It starts with Objective-C, the base language on which the native iOS software development kit (SDK) and the OS X are based. Learn Objective-C on the Mac: For OS X and iOS, Second Edition updates a best selling book and is an extensive, newly updated guide to Objective-C. Objective-C is a powerful, object-oriented extension of C, making this update the perfect follow-up to Dave Mark's bestselling Learn C on the Mac. Whether you're an experienced C programmer.;Title page; Copyright page; Contents at a glance; Table of contents; Objective-C Objects; Foreword; About the Authors; About the Technical Reviewer; Acknowledgments; Working with This Book; Chapter 1: Hello; Before You Start; Where the Future Was Made Yesterday; What's Coming Up; Getting Ready; Summary; Chapter 2: Extensions to C; The Simplest Objective-C Program; Building Hello Objective-C; Deconstructing Hello Objective-C; That Wacky #import Thing; Introducing Frameworks; NSLog() and @""strings""; The NS Prefix: A Prescription Against Name Collisions; NSString: Where it's @.