Chapter 7
Writing Modern Code with Blocks
If there’s a trend to be picking up on with regards to Apple’s development of the developer tools and languages surrounding Cocoa Touch’s development, it’s that Apple is trying to make things as easy as possible for developers to create engaging, easy-to-use apps. It seems that with every new iOS release, there are more ways in which your life gets easier as a Cocoa Touch developer. One such way occurred with iOS 4.0 and Mac OS X Snow Leopard and is actually a new feature added by Apple to the C language: blocks. C language development in general moves at a glacial pace, so any new features are news just by being new features added to C. Blocks are exciting for much more than that; they allow greater ...
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