Objective-C Essentials

Introduction
Welcome
What you should know
Using the exercise files

1. Getting Started
Installing the tools
Creating your first application
Introduction to Xcode

2. Objective-C Basics
The Objective-C language
The structure of an Objective-C program
Compiling and running your code

3. Program Flow
Logging messages to the command line
Writing conditional code
The switch statement
Code snippets
Operators and expressions
Loops
Functions

4. Variables
Data types
Working with numbers
Working with characters
Variable scope
Enumerations
Using typedef
Preprocessor directives
Working with strings

5. Classes
Introduction to object orientation
Using objects and pointers
Messages and methods
Using existing classes in the foundation framework

6. Memory Management
Memory management
Object creation
Using autorelease pools
Apple autoreleased objects

7. Custom Classes
Creating your own classes
Defining methods
Defining properties
Defining initializers
Using dealloc

8. Collections
Working with C-style arrays
Working with Objective-C array objects
Using dictionaries
Fast enumeration

9. File Management
Introduction to file management in Objective-C
Working with paths and URLs
Reading and writing strings
Archiving objects

10. More Complex Classes
Inheritance and NSObject
Extending classes with categories
Defining protocols
Dynamic typing

11. Debugging
Common compile errors
Common compile warnings
Common run-time errors
Exception handling with try/catch
Breakpoints and debugging

Conclusion
Exploring and using other frameworks
Goodbye