The fourth edition of this book has been updated to cover the significant changes that first appeared in iOS 5 and Xcode 4.2, including the use of Automatic Reference Counting (ARC) to improve and simplify memory management in Objective-C ...

Want to write iOS apps or desktop Mac applications? This introduction to programming and the Objective-C language covers C, Objective-C, and the common programming idioms that enable developers to make the most of Apple technologies.

Concise, readable, and friendly, Learning Objective-C 2.0 is the perfect beginner’s guide to the latest version of Objective-C. Longtime Mac OS X and iPhone developer Robert Clair covers everything from the absolute basics to Objective-C ...

"Objective-C Phrasebook" gives you the code phrases you need to quickly and effectively complete your programming projects with Objective-C, on systems including iOS and Mac OS X. The "Objective-C Phrasebook" is concise, accessible, ...

Write Truly Great iOS and OS X Code with Objective-C 2.0! Effective Objective-C 2.0 will help you harness all of Objective-C's expressive power to write OS X or iOS code that works superbly well in production environments.

... Objective - C . But enough talk ; it's time to see how pointers actually work . Suppose you've defined a variable called count as follows : int count = 10 ; You can define another variable , called intptr , that will enable you to ...

The starting line — learn how programs work, the tools you need, and what it takes to turn an idea into a functioning program Step by step — start out developing a simple app and build on it as you learn additional features of Objective ...

... Objective-C instance. In the following example, an instance of MyClass is cast to an instance of MyStruct. Once that's done, the protected field i can be accessed with impunity: MyClass* c = [MyClass new]; MyStruct* s = (MyStruct*)c; s ...

The book is packed with useful information and is a must-have for any Objective-C programmer. In the Objective-C Quick Syntax Reference, you will find: A concise reference to the Objective-C language syntax.

Objective-C is the primary language for programming iPhone and Mac OS X applications, and this book makes it easy to learn Objective-C. Even if you have no programming experience, Objective-C For Dummies will teach you what you need to know ...