Sams Teach Yourself Objective-C in 24 Hours

Description

Full-color figures and code appear as they do in Xcode 5.

In just 24 sessions of one hour or less, you can master the Objective-C language and start using it to write powerful native applications for even the newest Macs and iOS devices! Using this book’s straightforward, step-by-step approach, you’ll get comfortable with Objective-C’s unique capabilities and Apple’s Xcode 5 development environment…make the most of Objective-C objects and messaging…work effectively with design patterns, collections, blocks, Foundation Classes, threading, Git…and a whole lot more. Every lesson builds on what you’ve already learned, giving you a rock-solid foundation for real-world success!

Step-by-Step Instructions carefully walk you through the most common Objective-C development tasks.
Quizzes and Exercises at the end of each chapter help you test your knowledge.
Notes present information related to the discussion.
Tips offer advice or show you easier ways to perform tasks.
Cautions alert you to possible problems and give you advice on how to avoid them.

 Use Xcode 5 to write modern Objective-C software more quickly and efficiently
 Master Objective-C’s object-oriented features and techniques
 Manage projects more efficiently with the Git source code repository
 Write more dynamic code with Objective-C’s powerful messaging architecture
 Declare classes, instance variables, properties, methods, and actions
 Work with mutable and immutable data types
 Organize data with collections, including arrays, dictionaries, and sets
 Painlessly manage memory with Automatic Reference Counting (ARC)
 Expand and extend classes with protocols, delegates, categories, and extensions
 Get started with Apple’s powerful classes and frameworks
 Create and work with code blocks
 Manage queues and threading with Grand Central Dispatch