Chapter 2. Programming Basics

This chapter will focus on the building blocks necessary to become a great Objective-C programmer. We are going to use the Alice user interface, write our first Alice program, explore some new OOP terms and write our first Objective-C program.

Note

We want to introduce new concepts in Alice that later enable you to use these concepts in Objective-C. We believe this unique approach will help you learn the concepts quickly, without discouragement, and give you a great foundation to build on.

Taking a Tour with Alice

Alice's 3D programming environment makes it easy to write your first program using some of the principles that you learned about in Chapter 1. First, you need to learn a little more about Alice's user interface. ...

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