Learn Objective-C on the Mac (Learn Series)
by Scott Knaster, Mark Dalrymple
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Author: Mark Dalrymple, Scott KnasterBrand: Apress
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-01-07
ISBN: 1430218150
Number of pages: 360
Publisher: Apress
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- Apress Learn ObjectiveC on the Mac
- Take your coding skills to the next level with this extensive guide to ObjectiveC, the native programming language for developing sophisticated software applications for Mac OS X.
Book Reviews of Learn Objective-C on the Mac (Learn Series)
Book Review: Great Book!
Summary: 5 Stars
I first read Learn C on a Mac and then read this book. My intentions were to learn how to develop on the iPhone. I had a very minimum background in programming and and after reading the first book, I felt confident in taking everything in and the most important part, getting it. I am happy to say that I do get it. People say that Objective C is different with it's syntax and all. I like it. Once you get it then you will see how it is a good thing. I did have to read a few chapters over again, but by doing that it made the world of difference. I finished the book in one week, because I was just so excited to get all my reading done and get to actual programming.
I purchased the Cocoa something book (to lazy to go dig it out of my closet) to read when I finished this one, but only made it to chapter 2. I was eager to get to the other book I bought which was the iPhone SDK book. I made it 3/4's of the way through that book before setting it down and really just learning by doing. I had enough knowledge to either do what I wanted or was able to find out how to do it by searching the boards and Google for what I needed to pull it off.
I am a firm believer in this book and the Learn C on a Mac for people that want to get into computer programming or iPhone Development.
If I could give a handful of things to make sure you grasp along your journey towards iPhone Development they would be these:
1. OOP, understand that and everything that makes it up (inheritance, Polymorphism and so on).
2. Pointers, pointers pointers pointers, learn them because almost everything in Ob-C is pointers
3. Memory Management, this is pretty big for iPhone Dev
4. Learn Apple's process for Developing for the iPhone. There is a lot to know and you will have to deal with Certificates, Keys, Provisioning Profiles and so on.
5. Finally, learn XCode and all the Development tools.
I know I went beyond the book, but I just had to :)
Good luck on your journey if you are headed towards the iPhone Development Path or if you are going to just build for OS X.
Summary of Learn Objective-C on the Mac (Learn Series)
Learn Objective-C on the Macintosh is a classic programming primer for Mac OS X developers. And it?s hard to believe, but this will be the only guide to Objective-C specifically aimed at new developers!
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