Objective-C 2.0 Essentials

1. About Objective-C Essentials
   • Why are you reading this?
   • Supported Platforms
     
     
2. The History of Objective-C
   • The C Programming Language
   • The Smalltalk programming Language
   • C meets Smalltalk
   • Objective-C and Apple
     
     
3. Installing Xcode and Compiling Objective-C on Mac OS X
   • Installing Xcode on Mac OS X
   • Starting Xcode
   • Starting a New Project
   • Writing an Objective-C Application with Xcode
   • Compiling Objective-C from the Command Line
     
     
4. Installing and using GNUstep and Objective-C on Windows
   • Downloading the GNUstep Packages
   • Installing MinGW and GNUstep on Windows
   • Running the GNUstep Shell
   • Testing the Installation
     
     
5. Installing and Using GNUstep and Objective-C on Linux
   • Installing GNUstep on Ubuntu
   • Compiling Objective-C Code
     
     
6. Building and Installing GNUstep on Linux
   • Installing gcc and Objective-C Support on Linux
   • Package Dependencies
   • Obtaining the GNUstep Source Code
   • Configuring the Build Process
   • Building GNUstep
   • Testing the Objective-C and GNUstep Installation
   • Compiling Objective-C Code
     
     
7. Objective-C 2.0 Data Types
   • int Data Type
   • char Data Type
   • Special Characters/Escape Sequences
   • float Data Type
   • double Data Type
   • id Data Type
   • BOOL Data Type
   • Objective-C Data Type Qualifiers
   • long
   • long long
   • short
   • signed / unsigned
     
     
8. Working with Variables and Constants in Objective-C
   • What is an Objective-C Variable
   • What is an Objective-C Constant?
   • Type Casting Objective-C Variables
     
     
9. Objective-C Operators and Expressions
   • What is an Expression?
   • The Basic Assignment Operator
   • Objective-C Arithmetic Operators
   • Compound Assignment Operators
   • Increment and Decrement Operators
   • Comparison Operators
   • Boolean Logical Operators
   • The Ternary Operator
   • Bitwise Operators
   • Bitwise AND
   • Bitwise OR
   • Bitwise XOR
   • Bitwise Left Shift
   • Bitwise Right Shift
   • Compound Bitwise Operators
     
     
10. Objective-C Flow Control with if and else
    • Using the if Statement
    • Using if ... else .. Statements
    • Using if ... else if .. Statements
    • Summary
      
      
11. The Objective-C switch Statement
    • Why Use a switch Statement?
    • Using the switch Statement Syntax
    • A switch Statement Example
    • Explaining the Example
    • Combining case Statements