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Objective-C Programmer's Reference

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Authors:
  1. Carlos Oliveira
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  • Objective-C Programmer's Reference is a swift and to-the-point reference for professional programmers to the language of choice in developing applications for iOS and OSX.

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvii
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  2. The Language

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The C in Objective-C

      • Carlos Oliveira
      Pages 3-27

    3. Classes

      • Carlos Oliveira
      Pages 29-51

    4. Strings and Container Classes

      • Carlos Oliveira
      Pages 53-74

    5. Categories and Protocols

      • Carlos Oliveira
      Pages 75-90

    6. Inheritance

      • Carlos Oliveira
      Pages 91-111

    7. Blocks

      • Carlos Oliveira
      Pages 113-126

    8. Dynamic Binding

      • Carlos Oliveira
      Pages 127-147

    9. Memory Management

      • Carlos Oliveira
      Pages 149-171

    10. Key-Value Coding

      • Carlos Oliveira
      Pages 173-191

    11. The File System

      • Carlos Oliveira
      Pages 193-206

  3. Reference

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 207-207
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    2. The Foundation Framework

      • Carlos Oliveira
      Pages 209-238

  4. The Tools

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 239-239
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    2. The Compiler

      • Carlos Oliveira
      Pages 241-253

    3. The Preprocessor

      • Carlos Oliveira
      Pages 255-266

    4. Unit Testing

      • Carlos Oliveira
      Pages 267-279

    5. Debugging

      • Carlos Oliveira
      Pages 281-294

  5. Writing Apps for OS X and iOS

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 295-295
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About this book

Objective-C Programmer's Reference provides the tools necessary to write software in Objective-C—the language of choice for developing iOS and OS X applications. Author Carlos Oliveira begins from the basic building blocks of the language. He shows how to create correct and efficient applications by applying your knowledge of object-oriented and structured programming. This book:

  • Takes you quickly through fundamental concepts such as interfaces and class implementations.
  • Provides a concise reference to the Foundation Framework that is all-important when programming in Objective-C.
  • Highlights key differences between Objective-C and other popular languages such as Java or Python.
  • Provides the fundamentals of Cocoa and Cocoa Touch, which are the standard for OS X and iOS development.
Objective-C Programmer's Reference makes extensive use of concepts already mastered by developers who are fluent in other languages such as C++, Java, Perl, and Python. The author’s approach is logical and structured, and even novice developers will have an easy time absorbing the most important topics necessary to program in Objective-C.

Objective-C Programmer's Reference is a book for professional developers in Objective-C, or those who are moving to Objective-C from other languages. The book is written for readers who lack the time to invest in more traditional books, which usually spend hundreds of pages to explain concepts that are part of the working programmer’s standard vocabulary.

About the author

Carlos Oliveira works in the area of quantitative finance, with more than ten years of experience in creating scientific and financial models in C++. During his career, Carlos has developed several large-scale applications for financial companies such as Bloomberg L.P. and F-Squared Investments. Carlos Oliveira obtained a PhD in Operations Research and Systems Engineering from the University of Florida, an MSc in Computer Science from UFC (Brazil), and a BSc in Computer Science from UECE (Brazil). He has also performed academic research in the field of combinatorial optimization, with applications in diverse areas such as finance, telecommunications, computational biology, and logistics. Carlos has written more than 30 academic papers on optimization, and authored three books, including Practical C++ Financial Programming (Apress, 2015).

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