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Sams Teach Yourself Objective-C in 24 Hours
In just 24 sessions of one hour or less, you can master the Objective-C language, and start using it to write powerful native applications for both Macs and iOS devices! Using this book’s straightforward, step-by-step approach, you’ll get comfortable with Objective-C’s unique capabilities… make the most of its powerful implementation of objects and messaging…work effectively with design patterns, collections, blocks, threading, and a whole lot more. Every lesson builds on what you’ve already learned, giving you a rock-solid foundation for real-world success! Step-by-Step Instructions carefully walk you through the most common Objective-C development tasks. Quizzes and Exercises at the end of each chapter help you test your knowledge. By the Way notes present information related to the discussion. Did You Know? tips offer advice or show you easier ways to perform tasks. Watch Out! cautions alert you to possible problems and give you advice on how to avoid them. Printed in full color—figures and code appear as they do in Xcode
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390 pages, Paperback
First published March 12, 2012
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February 6, 2015
Good quick refresher and jumping off point for getting my feet wet in iOS programming. Current as of a couple of months ago, as I write this. Covers the newest changes to iOS 5 and Xcode. I'll probably continue to refer to it until I get really comfortable with what's new in Objective-C 2.0. The full colour screenshots, although unnecessary, were a nice addition.
Takes the same approach as a lot of these kinds of books do. It shows the reader the long way or the wrong way to do something, and then has the reader undo that work and show the quicker or more correct way to do something. For the experienced programmer, such as myself, who's merely trying to get up to speed in Objective-C, I found that a little annoying, but I also understand the reason why, so I don't hold it against the author.
The only cons are that the ink is a little smelly, and the pages are quite thin. I was worried at first that I might easily tear them while flipping through the book. That hasn't happened yet, though.
Takes the same approach as a lot of these kinds of books do. It shows the reader the long way or the wrong way to do something, and then has the reader undo that work and show the quicker or more correct way to do something. For the experienced programmer, such as myself, who's merely trying to get up to speed in Objective-C, I found that a little annoying, but I also understand the reason why, so I don't hold it against the author.
The only cons are that the ink is a little smelly, and the pages are quite thin. I was worried at first that I might easily tear them while flipping through the book. That hasn't happened yet, though.
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