num_pages: 600
description: THE #1 BESTSELLING BOOK ON OBJECTIVE-C 2.0Programming in Objective-C 2.0 provides the new programmer a complete step-by-step introduction to Objective-C the primary language used to develop applications for the iPhone iPad and Mac OS X platforms. The book does not assume previous experience with either C or object-oriented programming languages and it includes many detailed practical examples of how to put Objective-C to use in your everyday iPhone/iPad or Mac OS X programming tasks.A powerful yet simple object-oriented programming language thats based on the C programming language Objective-C is widely available not only on OS X and the iPhone/iPad platform but across many operating systems that support the gcc compiler including Linux Unix and Windows systems. The second edition of this book thoroughly covers the latest version of the language Objective-C 2.0. And it shows not only how to take advantage of the Foundation frameworks rich built-in library of classes but also how to use the iPhone SDK to develop programs designed for the iPhone/iPad platform. Table of Contents 1 IntroductionPart The Objective-C 2.0 Language 2 Programming in Objective-C 3 Classes Objects and Methods 4 Data Types and Expressions 5 Program Looping 6 Making Decisions 7 More on Classes 8 Inheritance 9 Polymorphism Dynamic Typing and Dynamic Binding 10 More on Variables and Data Types 11 Categories and Protocols 12 The Preprocessor 13 Underlying C Language FeaturesPart The Foundation Framework 14 Introduction to the Foundation Framework 15 Numbers Strings and Collections 16 Working with Files 17 Memory Management 18 Copying Objects 19 ArchivingPart Cocoa and the iPhone SDK 20 Introduction to Cocoa 21 Writing iPhone ApplicationsPart Appendixes A Glossary B Objective-C 2.0 Language Summary C Address Book Source Code D Resources
language: English
title: Programming in Objective-C 2.0
publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional