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Programming in Objective-C 2.0, Second Edition
By: Stephen G. Kochan
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
Pub. Date: December 29, 2008 Most Recent Edition
Print ISBN-10: 0-321-56615-7
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-321-56615-7
Web ISBN-10: 0-321-60555-1
Web ISBN-13: 978-0-321-60555-9
Pages in Print Edition: 624
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Overview
THE #1 BESTSELLING BOOK ON OBJECTIVE-C
2.0
Programming 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 that’s 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 framework’s 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
Introduction
Part I: 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 Features
Part II: 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
Archiving
Part III: Cocoa and the iPhone SDK
20 Introduction to Cocoa
21 Writing iPhone
Applications
Part IV: Appendixes
A
Glossary
B Objective-C 2.0
Language Summary
C Address Book
Source Code
D Resources
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Based on 22 Ratings
"Good Intro Book" - by mbohland14 on 22-SEP-2011
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This book gives a good introduction and explains key concepts.
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"Programming in Objective-C 2.0" - by Anonymous on 28-SEP-2010
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The book is overrated. The pace is extremely slow. Bad examples and dry explanations. The free website is basically a joke and a scam to get you to join Safari books. You get free downloads that you can't access unless you have a paid account!
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"Good just for the beginners" - by Peter Kokliaguine on 25-SEP-2010
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I am trying to learn Objective C after 15+ years of developing in C++ for various environments. This book had rather good reviews and I read it online. I was looking for advanced topics on OOP using ObjC as well as libraries available under Mac OS X.
This book focuses on the very basics of OOP and ObjC/C syntax. Exposure to advanced topics, such as garbage collection and ObjC libraries is minimal and primitive.
If you are new to programming and learning the basic concepts I guess this book is ok. If you have a strong background in programming/OOP, look somewhere else.
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"Great book for Objective-C beginners" - by ventilatedswiss on 12-SEP-2010
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I tried books like Objective-C For Dummies (which is an OK book), but invariably these books left me wondering WHY certain syntactical phrases are used and what they mean. I really didn't want to have to learn C in order to learn Objective-C.
This author is very good at describing the logic behind the order of things in Objective-C, many of which I admit mightn't have been such a mystery if I were familiar with C or C++.
Bottom line, this book is a great place to start learning Objective-C. The author is remarkably concise, yet thorough. I should have started here first.
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"A very readable introduction" - by Pcr on 02-JUN-2010
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This is a great introduction to Objective-C 2.0.
Easy to read and authoritative.
It includes a section on how to program for the iPhone.
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