Mac programming for absolute beginners
Want to learn how to program on your Mac? Not sure where to begin? Best-selling author Wallace Wang will explain how to get started with Cocoa, Objective-C, and Xcode. Whether you are an experienced Windows coder moving to the Mac, or you are completely new to programming, you’ll see how the basic d...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Distributed to the book trade worldwide by Springer Science+Business Media
c2011.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. 2011. |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009627847006719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents at a Glance; Table of Content; About the Author; About the Technical Reviewer; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Code Conventions Used in This Book; What to Expect from This Book; Chapter 1 Understanding Programming; Programming Principles; Dividing Programs into Parts; Event-Driven Programming; Object-Oriented Programming; Encapsulation; Polymorphism; Inheritance; Understanding Programming Languages; The Building Blocks of Programming Languages; Programming Frameworks; Mac Programming Today; Summary; Chapter 2 Understanding Apple's Programming Tools
- Understanding EditorsUnderstanding Xcode; Deciphering the Xcode User Interface; Running Xcode; Creating a New Project in Xcode; Examining Project Files in Xcode; Compiling a Program; Summary; Chapter 3 The Basic Steps to Creating a Mac Program; A Bare-Bones Program Example; A Simple User Interface Example; An Interactive User Interface Example; Writing Objective-C Code; Creating an Action Method; Connecting the User Interface; An Advanced Interactive User Interface Example; Summary; Chapter 4 Getting Help; Installing Help Topics; Getting Help About Xcode; Getting Help About Core Library
- Searching for HelpGetting Quick Help; Viewing Documentation for Selected Text; Getting Help with Library Windows; Help While Writing Code; Color-Coding; Customizing the Editor; Using Code Completion; Summary; Chapter 5 Learning Objective-C; Differences in Writing a Mac Objective-C Program; Understanding Objective-C Symbols; Defining the End of Each Line with a Semicolon; Defining the Beginning and End of Code with Curly Brackets; Defining Compiler Directives with the # Symbol; Defining Comments with //; Identifying Objects with [ and ]; Defining Pointers with; Manipulating Data with Variables
- Declaring VariablesAssigning Data to a Variable; The Scope of a Variable; A Program Example Using Variables; Using Constants; Using Mathematical Operators; Using Strings; Summary; Chapter 6 Making Decisions with Branches; Understanding Boolean Expressions; Boolean Comparison Operators; Boolean Logical Operators; The ! (Not) Operator; The && (And) Operator; The || (Or) Operator; The ^ ((Xor) Operator; Branches; The Simplest if Statement; Following Multiple Instructions in an if Statement; The if-else Statement; The if-else if Statement; The switch Statement; Summary
- Chapter 7 Repeating Code with LoopsLoops That Run a Fixed Number of Times; Quitting a for Loop Prematurely; Skipping in a for Loop; Loops That Run Zero or More Times; The while Loop; The do-while Loop; Quitting a while or do-while Loop Prematurely; Skipping a while or do-while Loop; Nested Loops; Summary; Chapter 8 Understanding the Cocoa Framework; An Overview of How Object-Oriented Programming Works; Starting with a Class; Reducing Bugs; Reusing Code; Defining Classes; Creating an Object; Storing Data in an Object; A Sample Program for Manipulating Objects
- Looking Up Method and Property Names for NS Classes
