Effective Objective-C 2.0: 52 Specific Ways to Improve Your IOS and OS X Programs (Effective Software Development) (Effective Software Development Series)
“Next time some kid shows up at my door asking for a code review, this is the book that I am going to throw at him.â€
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–Aaron Hillegass, founder of Big Nerd Ranch, Inc., and author of Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X
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Unlocking the Secrets of Cocoa and Its Object-Oriented Frameworks
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Mac and iPhone developers are often overwhelmed by the breadth and sophistication of the Cocoa frameworks. Although Cocoa is indeed huge, once you understand the object-oriented patterns it uses, you’ll find it remarkably elegant, consistent, and simple.
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Cocoa Design Patterns begins with the mother of all patterns: the Model-View-Controller (MVC) pattern, which is central to all Mac and iPhone development. Encouraged, and in some cases enforced by Apple’s tools, it’s important to have a firm grasp of MVC right from the start.
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The book’s midsection is a catalog of the essential design patterns you’ll encounter in Cocoa, including
And that’s not all of them! Cocoa Design Patterns painstakingly isolates 28 design patterns, accompanied with real-world examples and sample code you can apply to your applications today. The book wraps up with coverage of Core Data models, AppKit views, and a chapter on Bindings and Controllers.
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Cocoa Design Patterns clearly defines the problems each pattern solves with a foundation in Objective-C and the Cocoa frameworks and can be used by any Mac or iPhone developer.
Country | USA |
Brand | Addison Wesley |
Manufacturer | Addison-Wesley Professional |
Binding | Paperback |
ItemPartNumber | 9780321535023 |
Model | 9780321535023 |
ReleaseDate | 2009-09-11 |
UnitCount | 1 |
UPCs | 785342535020 |
EANs | 9780321535023 |