Objective-C LiveLessons (Video-Book Bundle) 2nd Edition

Description

Objective-C 2.0 is the powerful, flexible native programming language for three of the world's fastest growing platforms: Mac OS X, Apple's iPhone, and the iPod Touch. Thousands of developers want to write software for these platforms, but many don't want to read a large programming book. Programming in Objective-C LiveLessons is their solution: a complete video training course covering the essentials of both Objective-C and object-oriented programming. The only video tutorial of its kind, this DVD package is ideal for beginners and experienced programmers alike. Long-time Mac programmer Stephen Kochan assumes no experience with Objective-C, C, or objects. Using detailed examples, he illuminates language features such as classes, objects, methods, data types, expressions, inheritance, polymorphism, exception handling, notifications, and preprocessing. This bundle contains both Programming in Objective-C, 0321711394, the bestselling book on Objective-C, and Programming in Objective-C Live Lessons, Part I video training. This second edition has been updated for " Updated to cover the latest versions of Xcode (4.2) and the iPhone SDK (iOS5) " Detailed discussion of how to use Automatic Reference Counting (ARC) to improve and simplify memory management in Objective-C programming

CONTENTS:

Part I: Language Fundamentals
Lesson 1 Getting Started in Objective-C
Lesson 2 Classes, Objects, and Methods
Lesson 3 Data Types and Expressions
Lesson 4 Loops
Lesson 5 Making Decisions
Lesson 6 More On Classes
Lesson 7 Inheritance
Lesson 8 Polymorphism, Dynamic Typing and Dynamic Binding
Lesson 9 More On Variables and Data Types
Lesson 10 Categories and Protocols
Lesson 11 The Preprocessor
Lesson 12 Underlying C Language Features

Part II: iOS Programming and the Foundation Framework
Lesson 1: The Foundation Framework
Lesson 2: Numbers and Strings
Lesson 3: Collections: Arrays, Dictionaries and Sets
Lesson 4: Working with Files
Lesson 5: Automatic Reference Counting (ARC) and Memory Management
Lesson 6: Copying Objects
Lesson 7: Archiving Objects
Lesson 8: iOS Application Development
Lesson 9: Writing an iOS Fraction Calculator