Objective-C for Absolute Beginners · iPhone, iPad, and Mac Programming Made Easy · 2nd Edition by Gary Bennett, Mitch Fisher, Brad Lees -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Copyright Dedication Contents at a Glance Contents About the Authors About the Technical Reviewer Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: Becoming a Great iOS or Mac Programmer

Thinking like a Developer Completing the Development Cycle Introducing Object Oriented Programming Working with the Alice Interface Summary Exercises

Chapter 2: Programming Basics

Taking a Tour with Alice

Navigation Menu World Window Classes, Objects, and Instances in Alice Object Tree Editor Area Details Area Events Area

Creating an Alice App—To the Moon Alice Your First Objective-C Program

Launching and Using Xcode 4.2

Summary Exercises

Chapter 3: It’s All About the Data

Numbering Systems Used in Programming

Bits Bytes Hexadecimal Unicode

Data Types Using Variable and Data Types with Alice Data Types and Objective-C Identifying Problems Summary Exercises

Chapter 4: Making Decisions About…and Planning Program Flow

Boolean Logic

Truth Tables Comparison Operators

Designing Apps

Pseudo-Code Design Requirements Flowcharting Designing and Flowcharting an Example App The App’s Design Using Loops to Repeat Program Statements

Coding the Example App in Alice Coding the Example App in Objective-C

Nested If Statements and Else-If Statements Removing Extra Characters Improving the Code Through Refactoring Running the App

Moving Forward Without Alice Summary Exercises

Chapter 5: Object Oriented Programming with Objective-C

The Object What Is a Class? Planning Classes

Planning Properties Planning Methods Implementing the Classes

Inheritance Why Use OOP?

It is everywhere Eliminate Redundant Code Ease of Debugging Ease of Replacement

Advanced Topics

Interface Polymorphism

Summary Exercises

Chapter 6: Learning Objective-C and Xcode

A Brief History of Objective-C Understanding the Language Symbols Putting the “Objective” into Objective-C Writing Another Program in Xcode

Creating the Project

Summary Exercises

Chapter 7: Objective-C Classes, Objects, and Methods

Creating an Objective-C Class

Declaring Interfaces and Instance Variables Sending Messages (Methods) Working with the Implementation File Coding Your Methods

Using Your New Class

Creating Your Project Adding Objects Writing the Implementation File Creating the User Interface Hooking Up the Code Running the Program Taking Class Methods to the Next Level

Accessing the Xcode Documentation Summary Exercises

Chapter 8: Programming Basics in Objective-C

Collections

Using NSSet Using NSArray NSDictionary Determining Class Type in a Collection

Using the Mutable Classes

NSMutableSet NSMutableArray NSMutableDictionary

Creating the BookStore Application Introducing Instance Variables

Accessing Instance Variables Using Getter and Setter Methods

Introducing Properties

Using Properties Understanding the Importance of Conventions

Finishing the MyBookstore Program

Creating the View Adding Instance Variables Adding a Description Creating a Simple Data Model Class Modifying the MasterViewController Modifying the DetailViewController

Summary Exercises

Chapter 9: Comparing Data

Revisiting Boolean Logic Using Relational Operators

Comparing Numbers Creating an Example Xcode App

Using Boolean Expressions

Comparing Strings Comparing Dates Combining Comparisons

Using the Switch Statement Summary Exercises

Chapter 10: Creating User Interfaces

Understanding Interface Builder The Model-View-Controller Human Interface Guidelines (HIGs) Creating an Example iPhone App with Interface Builder

Using Interface Builder The Dock The Library Inspector Pane and Selector Bar Creating the View Using Outlets Connecting Actions and Objects Implementation File

Summary Exercises

Chapter 11: Storing Information

Storage Considerations Preferences

Writing Preferences Reading Preferences

Databases Storing Information in a Database Getting Started with Core Data The Model

Managed Object Context Setting Up the Interface

Summary Exercises

Chapter 12: Protocols and Delegates

Multiple Inheritance Understanding Protocols

Protocol Syntax

Understanding Delegates Next Steps Summary

Chapter 13: Memory, Addresses, and Pointers

Understanding Memory

Bits, Bytes, and Bases Converting Base-10 (Decimal) to Base-2 (Binary) Using Base-16 (Hexadecimal) Numbering

Understanding Memory Address Basics Allocating Memory

Working with Automatic Variables and Pointers

Deallocating Memory

Using Special Pointers

Managing Memory in Objective-C with ARC Managing Memory in Objective-C Without ARC

Using the Retain/Release Model Working with Implied Retain Messages and Autorelease Sending the dealloc Message

If Things Go Wrong A Note About ARC Summary Exercises

Chapter 14: Introducing the Xcode Debugger

Getting Started with Debugging

Setting Breakpoints Using the Breakpoint Navigator Debugging Basics Working with the Debugger Controls Using the Step Controls Looking at the Thread Window and Call Stack Debugging Variables

Dealing with Code Errors and Warnings

Warnings

Summary

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