iOS 7 Programming Fundamentals
Objective-C, Xcode, and Cocoa Basics
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4.4 • 5 Ratings
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- $38.99
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Publisher Description
If you’re getting started with iOS development, or want a firmer grasp of the basics, this practical guide provides a clear view of its fundamental building blocks—Objective-C, Xcode, and Cocoa Touch. You’ll learn object-oriented concepts, understand how to use Apple’s development tools, and discover how Cocoa provides the underlying functionality iOS apps need to have. Dozens of example projects are available at GitHub.
Once you master the fundamentals, you’ll be ready to tackle the details of iOS app development with author Matt Neuburg’s companion guide Programming iOS 7.
Explore the C language to learn how Objective-C worksLearn how instances are created, and why they’re so importantTour the lifecycle of an Xcode project, from inception to App StoreDiscover how to build interfaces with nibs and the nib editorExplore Cocoa’s use of Objective-C linguistic featuresUse Cocoa’s event-driven model and major design patternsLearn the role of accessors, key-value coding, and propertiesUnderstand the power of ARC-based object memory managementSend messages and data between Cocoa objects
Customer Reviews
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This book does a good job of introducing to you the fundamentals of objective c for iOS programming. I am a noobie programmer with a background in other object oriented languages and I found the book to be an excellent read from start to finish. There are many ways to solve a particular problem and it documents several of those ways quite well. It is logically structured, has a nice index for when you need to go back, and includes plenty of snippets of code. The writer's approach is to explain to you various concepts in detail and to build upon the concepts and examples from previous chapters. It should be noted that this is only the fundamentals of objective c for iOS, and the author intentionally leaves the more advanced topics to his other book to cover in greater detail. Overall a good read and highly recommended!