Programming in Objective- C

by Kochan, Stephen

• ISBN13: 9780672325861
• ISBN10: 0672325861
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-01-01
• Publisher: Sams

Summary

Programming in Objective-Cis a concise, carefully written tutorial on the basics of Objective-C and object-oriented programming. The book makes no assumption about prior experience with object-oriented programming languages or with the C language (upon which Objective-C is based). And because of this, both novice and experienced programmers alike can use this book to quickly and effectively learn the fundamentals of Objective-C. Readers can also learn the concepts of object-oriented programming without having to first learn all of the intricacies of the underlying procedural language (C). This approach, combined with many small program examples and exercises at the end of each chapter, makes it ideally suited for either classroom use or self-study. Growth is expected in this language. At the January 2003 MacWorld, it was announced that there are 5 million Mac OS X users and each of their boxes ships with Objective-C built in.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Object-Oriented Programming

Classes

Writing a Program in Objective-C

Data Types and Expressions

Instance Variable

Parameters

Looping

Decision Making

Subclasses, Superclasses, and Inheritance

Dynamic Binding

Character Strings, Arrays, Dictionaries, Sets

Working with the File System

More on Instance Variables

The Preprocessor

Miscellaneous and Advanced Features

Underlying C Features

Intro to Cocoa Programming

Glossary

Objective-C Language Summary

GCC

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