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Objective-C Essential Training

 

Course Summary

Description


Course name:
Objective-C Essential Training

Author:

Duration:
05h 59m

Released on:
3/24/2011

Exercise files:
Yes

In Objective-C Essential Training, Simon Allardice provides a nuts-and-bolts overview of this popular language for application development for the Mac, the iPhone and iPad, with instructions for building a basic application using Objective-C and Xcode 4. The course shows how to download and install the development tools, covers every major feature of the language, and walks through the writing, compiling, and debugging stages of development. Programmers will also learn about memory management, a vital aspect of programming in Objective-C and Apple’s Foundation framework. Exercise files are included with the course.
Topics include:
  • Understanding the structure of an Objective-C program
  • Logging messages to the command line
  • Writing conditional code
  • Working with variables, classes, and functions
  • Creating code loops
  • Using existing classes in the Foundation framework
  • Managing memory usage
  • Creating custom classes
  • Working with arrays
  • Reading and writing strings
  • Understanding inheritance and NSObject
  • Using Categories and Protocols
  • Compiling and debugging code
  • Writing exception handlers

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