ISBN: 9781430218159    Publisher: Apress Year of publishing: 2008     Format:  Paperback No of Pages: 337        Language: English

Take your coding skills to the next level with this extensive guide to Objective-C the native programming language for developing sophisticated software applications for Mac OS X. Objective-C is a powerful object-oriented extension of C making this book the perfect follow-up to Dave Mark's bestselling Learn C on the Mac Mac OS X Edition . Whether you're an experienced C programmer or you're coming from a different language such as C++ or Java leading Mac experts Mark Dalrymple and Scott Knaster show you how to harness the powers of Objective-C in your applications! A complete course on the basics of Objective-C using Apple's free Xcode tools An introduction to object-oriented programming Comprehensive coverage of inheritance composition object initialization categories protocols memory management and organizing source files A brief tour of Cocoa's foundation framework and AppKit A helpful "learning curve" guide for non-C developers
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Scott Knaster is a legendary Mac hacker and author of such bestselling books as Hacking Mac OS X Tiger and Macintosh Programming Secrets. His book How to Write Macintosh Software was required reading for Mac programmers for more than a decade.
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