Objective-C has become the standard programming language for application development on the Mac OS X and iPhone platforms. 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 but across many operating systems that support the gcc compiler, including Linux, Unix, and Windows systems.

Programming in Objective-C 2.0 provides the new programmer a complete, step-by-step introduction to the Objective-C language. 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 programming needs.

The second edition of this book has been updated and expanded to cover Objective-C 2.0. 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 specifically for the iPhone and iPod Touch.

• 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 Features
• The Foundation Framework
  • Introduction to the Foundation Framework
  • Numbers, Strings, and Collections
  • Working with Files
  • Memory Management
  • Copying Objects
  • Archiving
• Cocoa and the iPhone SDK
  • Introduction to Cocoa
  • Writing iPhone Applications