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By Andrew M. Duncan
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Objective-C Pocket Reference provides a quick and concise introduction to Objective-C for programmers already familiar with either C or C++, and will continue to serve as a handy reference even after the language is mastered. In addition to covering the essentials of Objective-C syntax, it also covers important facets of the language such as memory management, the Objective-C runtime, dynamic loading, distributed objects, and exception handling.
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Book details
Title:
Objective-C Pocket Reference
First Edition: December 2002
Series: Pocket References
ISBN 10: 0-596-00423-0
ISBN 13: 9780596004231
Pages: 128
Average Customer Reviews: (Based on 3 Reviews)
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Objective-C Pocket Reference Review
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2003-07-20 16:39:28
RestiffBard
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I have to say I'm impressed. For a while there I thought I'd never "get it" but after about ten pages it all suddenly started to click. The light went on. Duncan's step by step ripping apart of certain aspects of the code was a brain-saver. While the book is supposedly aimed at those that have coded before in C or C++ it has been fundamental to my learning of Objective-C. The compact no-nonsense format I believe is the key. Great book. Make him write more. :)
Objective-C Pocket Reference Review
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2003-05-23 05:13:01
Mike O'Dell
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This is one of the best books describing a programming language I have ever read.
While not intended as an introducton to Objective-C, given a decent background
in programming languages and the ways of the OO world, it is a concise, dense,
and immensely informative overview of Objective-C. The OO world in general
and Objective-C in particular relies heavily on idioms (sometimes called "design
patterns") and this work does a good job of introducing some of the most
important parts of the dialect. It also covers the OpenStep dialect where that
differs significantly.
The discussion of metaclasses deserves special mention because previous
"explanations" I've read usually generated more heat than light. Even in this
compact form, the discussion of this nettlesome topic is as straightforward
and lucid as I've seen.
In general, there is a great paucity of works which can serve to introduce
a new programming language to journeyman programmers who do not
need binary addition explained yet again. We have quite enough
"Dummies" books - we need more "<FOO> for the Already Clueful".
I hope O'Reilly will continue developing books in this vein. I know they
must be very hard to write as the amount of information distilled into this
one is remarkable. The writing skill and natural abilities for pedagogy
required for a project like this are equally daunting. But I look forward
to further efforts like this one. The author has set a high bar.
Even if you aren't particularly drawn to learning Objective-C, read
this to see how explaining a programming language ought to be done.
Objective-C Pocket Reference Review
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2003-04-01 01:11:34
Chris
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Objective-C has always suffered from a lack of documentation, something that hasn't been helped by the fact that the language hasn't been standardised. Now that MacOSX has taken off in a big way, we're finally seeing some decent books on Objective-C, and this is definitely one of the best. While it's billed as a pocket reference, if you've got a good grounding in C then this little book also makes a great tutorial. I found that all the essential elements are covered, from the core OO features upto the NSObject and Object methods. I highly recommend it to anyone who's attracted by the OO concept but finds C++ too much of a mess.
Media reviews
"I have three different books for objective C programming, which by the way are very hard to find. This book, which was published just recently, is the best objective c book I have read yet. Objective C is a great language for all platforms, not just the Mac OS, and this book leads you to it. It gives you both Cocoa and standard C information. If you are interested in learning Objective C, this is the book for you! It's inexpensive, small concise and packed with information."--Justin Taylor, Amazon.com Customer Reviews, January 28, 2003
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