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Introduction

Part I. Getting Started with Objective-C

Part II. Working with the Objective-C Basics

Hour 6. Exploring Messaging and a Testbed App

Hour 7. Declaring a Class in an Interface File

Hour 8. Declaring Instance Variables in an Interface File

Hour 9. Declaring Properties in an Interface File

Hour 10. Declaring Methods in an Interface File

Hour 11. Declaring Actions in an Interface File

Hour 12. Routing Messages with Selectors

Hour 13. Building on the Foundation

Hour 14. Defining a Class in an Implementation File

Hour 15. Organizing Data with Collections

Collecting Objects

Getting Familiar with Property Lists

Comparing the Collection Classes

Creating a Collection

Enumerating a Collection

Testing Membership in a Collection

Accessing an Object in a Collection

Summary

Q&A

Workshop

Hour 16. Managing Memory and Runtime Objects

Part III. Expanding and Extending Classes

Part IV. Beyond the Basics

Part V. Appendixes

Index

Summary

Collection classes not only let you manage arrays, sets, and dictionaries; they also incorporate sophisticated, powerful, and remarkably efficient functionality that manages the data for you. In fact, the methods of the collection classes pretty much incorporate the bulk of an introductory programming course with algorithms that you no longer have to write for yourself.

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