Effective Objective-C 2.0: 52 Specific Ways to Improve Your iOS and OS X Programs by Matt Galloway

Effective Objective-C 2.0: 52 Specific Ways to Improve Your iOS and OS X Programs Matt Galloway ebook
Format: pdf
Page: 288
ISBN: 9780321917010
Publisher: Addison-Wesley

Gee, someone who hates macs, and can't be bothered to learn memory management in objective-c — which is actually easier than dealing with Java's cruft and overhead– decides that he likes android better? Beside, this creates a symbiotic relationship between the language and the operating system, as Mac OS X, which is a UNIX system, is primarily written in C and, for the upper-level parts, in Objective-C. I have no doubt that automatic reference counting (ARC) is the next big leap forward for Objective-C since the introduction of Objective-C 2.0. Since many user's first experiences with ARC will be trying to convert an existing app, they will learn the hard way that converting existing code to ARC is not a fire & forget operation. € With a completely new major version of Mac OS coming up, and fairly constant major versions of iOS happening all could at least use iOS as it's backbone, similar to how the Apple TV uses iOS but does not look similar to the iPhone OS in the least.” The product of melding OS X and iPod software was iOS, which is future-proof. Good article, writer knows his stuff. Mar 13, 2008 - Here is a little list of things that, in my experience, contribute to make Objective-C a powerful and fun programming language. Mac OS X apps with ARC enabled are always 64-Bit apps. So here goes, in no particular order. Jan 9, 2014 - “With OS X nearing the end of its life cycle, it's perfect timing to start thinking about merging OS X and iOS,” Brian Meyer writes for OS X. But if you want to write a really nice, polished program, realize that the better way is usually to use the tools specific to a given platform. How to enable ARC in your project .. Mar 31, 2014 - Whether you're looking to design on your iPad, carry out research, find inspiration, or improve your task management and productivity there are tons of iPad apps in our list. Color me December 15, 2010 at 9:52 am. Dec 7, 2010 - Broadly, I think that being able to rapidly get new versions to users is a good thing, but looking around the Android marketplace, my observation has been that the software is of lower quality, on average.