Kochan S. Programming in Objective-C 2.0

2nd edition. — Addison-Wesley, 2009. — 588 p.Programming in Objective-C 2.0 provides the new programmer a complete, step-by-step introduction to Objective-C, the primary language used to develop applications for the iPhone, iPad, and Mac OS X platforms.The book does not assume previous experience with either C or object-oriented programming languages, and it includes many detailed, practical examples of how to put Objective-C to use in your everyday iPhone/iPad or Mac OS X programming tasks.A powerful yet simple object-oriented programming language that’s based on the C programming language, Objective-C is widely available not only on OS X and the iPhone/iPad platform but across many operating systems that support the gcc compiler, including Linux, Unix, and Windows systems.The second edition of this book thoroughly covers the latest version of the language, Objective-C 2.0 . And it shows not only how to take advantage of the Foundation framework’s rich built-in library of classes but also how to use the iPhone SDK to develop programs designed for the iPhone/iPad platform.The Objective-C 2.0 Language
Programming in Objective-C
Classes, Objects, and Methods
Data Types and Expressions
Program Looping
Making Decisions
More on Classes
Inheritance
Polymorphism, Dynamic Typing, and Dynamic Binding
More on Variables and Data Types
Categories and Protocols
The Preprocessor
Underlying C Language FeaturesThe Foundation Framework
Introduction to the Foundation Framework
Numbers, Strings, and Collections
Working with Files
Memory Management
Copying Objects
ArchivingCocoa and the iPhone SDK
Introduction to Cocoa
Writing iPhone ApplicationsObjective-C 2.0 Language Summary
Address Book Source Code
Resources