2Objective-C
iOS applications are written in the Objective-C language using the Cocoa Touch library. Objective-C is a simple extension of the C language and Cocoa Touch is a collection of Objective-C classes. This book assumes you know some C and understand the ideas of object-oriented programming. If C or object-oriented programming makes you feel uneasy, we recommend starting with Objective-C Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide.
In this chapter, you will learn the basics of Objective-C and create a command line tool called RandomPossessions. You’ll reuse parts of this tool in an iOS application starting in Chapter 10, so even if you’re familiar with Objective-C, you should still go through this chapter in order to create RandomPossessions ...
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