TOPICS:

• Objective-C Overview
• The Xcode IDE
• Projects
• Hello World Application
• Objective-C
• Brief History
• Role in Mobile Device Applications
• Variables
• Numeric Variables
• Numeric Representations
• Integers
• Floating Point
• Comments
• Nonnumeric Variables
• char
• Boolean
• Reference Variables
• The * and & Operators
• Variable Scope
• Arithmetic
• Arithmetic Operators
• Addition and Subtraction
• Multiplication, Division, and Modulus
• Shorthand Notation
• Typecasting
• Math Library Functions
• pow
• random
• Conditional Logic and Looping
• Conditional Statements
• Basic if Statement
• if else Statement
• switch Statement
• The Ternary Operator
• Looping Statements I.while Statement
• dowhile Statement
• for Statement
• Functions
• Purpose of a Function
• Declaration
• Header
• Body
• Calling a Function
• Passing Parameters by Value
• Passing Parameters by Reference
• Functions vs. Methods
• Object-oriented Programming According to Objective-C
• Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)
• How Objective-C Implements OOP
• Encapsulation of Member Variables
• The class definition: Interface
• The Class Interface and @property
• Method vs. Function Syntax
• Static Variables and Class Methods
• The Class Implementation and @synthesize• Creating an
• Object from a Class
• Sending Messages to Objects
• The Role of Methods
• Visibility of Variables
• Inheritance
• Purpose of Inheritance
• Implementing Inheritance
• The Root Super Class
• Creating and Processing the Subclass
• NSObject Class
• Memory Acquisition
• alloc
• init
• Method Override
• Where’s Abstraction?
• Polymorphism
• The Purpose of Polymorphism
• Polymorphism in Objective-C
• Placing Objects in Collections
• Using NSMutableArray
• Runtime Identification of Objects
• Arrays
• The ‘Classic’ C Array
• Defining the Array
• Processing the Array
• Foundation Framework Arrays
• NSArray
• NSMutableArray
• Foundation Framework
• The Foundation Framework
• Strings
• Date/Time
• Numbers
• Collections
• NSString
• Replacing char*
• Initialization
• NSString Methods
• NSNumber and NSNumberFormatter
• Replacing int, float, and more
• Initialization
• NSUInteger and NSInteger
• Formatting
• NSDate and NSDateFormatter
• NSDate
• NSDateFormatter
• Memory Considerations
• Memory Management in Objective-C
• Manual Retain-Release
• Automatic Reference Counting
• Garbage Collection
• Strong and Weak
• Release and Retain
• Atomic and Nonatomic
• Automatic Reference Counting.