Take your coding skills to the next level with this extensive guide to Objective-C the native programming language for developing sophisticated software applications for Mac OS X. Objective-C is a powerful object-oriented extension of C making this book the perfect follow-up to Dave Mark s bestselling Learn C on the Mac Mac OS X Edition. Whether you re an experienced C programmer or you re coming from a different language such as C++ or Java leading Mac experts Mark Dalrymple and Scott Knaster show you how to harness the powers of Objective-C in your applications! A complete course on the basics of Objective-C using Apple s free Xcode tools An introduction to object-oriented programming Comprehensive coverage of inheritance composition object initialization categories protocols memory management and organizing source files A brief tour of Cocoa s foundation framework and AppKit A helpful learning curve guide for non-C developers