Hour 3. Discovering Objective-C: The Language of Apple Platforms

What You’ll Learn in This Hour:

• How Objective-C will be used in your projects

• The basics of object-oriented programming

• Simple Objective-C syntax

• Common data types

• How ARC helps with memory management

This hour’s lesson marks the midpoint in our exploration of the Apple iOS development platform. It will give us a chance to sit back, catch our breath, and get a better idea of what it means to “code” for iOS. Both Mac OS X and iOS share a common development environment and a common development language: Objective-C.

Objective-C provides the syntax and structure for creating applications on Apple platforms. For many, learning Objective-C can be daunting, but with patience, it may quickly become the favorite choice for any development project. This hour takes you through the steps you need to know to be comfortable with Objective-C and starts you down the path to mastering this unique and powerful language.