Learn Objective-C Programming

Learn Objective-C Programming

Objective-C is a powerful programming language that provides Object-Oriented capabilities and a rich set of features. It was developed in the early 1980s by Brad Cox and Tom Love. Objective-C was originally designed as a small extension to the C programming language. It has since been extended and has become a full-fledged Object-Oriented language.

The book covers the following:

Chapter 1: Introduction to Objective-C
Overview of programming languages and their usage
Introduction to Objective-C and its history
Setting up the Objective-C development environment
Basics of Objective-C syntax
Using Xcode and Interface Builder for Objective-C development

Chapter 2: Variables, Data Types, and Operators in Objective-C
Understanding variables and constants in Objective-C
Data types in Objective-C (e.g., integers, floats, strings)
Operators and expressions in Objective-C
Type conversions and typecasting in Objective-C
Working with arrays and collections in Objective-C

Chapter 3: Control Flow and Decision Making in Objective-C
Conditional statements (if, if-else, switch) in Objective-C
Looping constructs (for, while, do-while) in Objective-C
Control flow statements (break, continue, return) in Objective-C
Exception handling with try-catch in Objective-C
Enumerations and bitwise operations in Objective-C

Chapter 4: Object-Oriented Programming with Objective-C
Introduction to object-oriented programming (OOP) concepts
Defining classes and objects in Objective-C
Properties and instance variables in Objective-C
Methods and messaging in Objective-C
Inheritance and polymorphism in Objective-C

Chapter 5: Memory Management in Objective-C
Introduction to memory management in Objective-C
Manual Reference Counting (MRC) and Automatic Reference Counting (ARC) in Objective-C
Retain, Release, and Autorelease mechanisms in Objective-C
Memory management best practices in Objective-C
Working with weak and strong references in Objective-C

Chapter 6: Categories, Protocols, and Extensions in Objective-C
Creating and using categories in Objective-C
Defining and adopting protocols in Objective-C
Implementing protocol methods in Objective-C
Extensions for adding functionality to existing classes in Objective-C
Protocol-oriented programming in Objective-C

Chapter 7: Working with Files and Data Persistence in Objective-C
Reading from and writing to files in Objective-C
File handling and data serialization in Objective-C
Working with property lists and archives in Objective-C
Core Data for data persistence in Objective-C
SQLite database management in Objective-C

Chapter 8: Networking and Web Services in Objective-C
Making network requests with Objective-C
Introduction to HTTP and REST APIs in Objective-C
Handling network responses and parsing JSON in Objective-C
Asynchronous programming with delegates and blocks in Objective-C
Working with NSURLSession for networking tasks in Objective-C

Chapter 9: User Interface Development with UIKit
Introduction to UIKit framework
Building user interfaces programmatically in Objective-C
Working with views, view controllers, and navigation in Objective-C
Handling user input and responding to events in Objective-C
Customizing UI elements and animations in Objective-C

Chapter 10: Working with Core Graphics and Core Animation in Objective-C

Chapter 11: Introduction to Objective-C++

Chapter 12: Advanced Topics and Libraries in Objective-C