Learn to write apps for some of today's hottest technologies, including the iPhone and iPad (using iOS), as well as the Mac (using OS X). It starts with Objective-C, the base language on which the native iOS software development kit (SDK) and the OS X are based. Learn Objective-C on the Mac: For OS X and iOS, Second Edition updates a best selling book and is an extensive, newly updated guide to Objective-C. • A complete course on the basics of Objective-C using Apple’s newest Xcode tools • An introduction to object-oriented programming • Comprehensive coverage of new topics like blocks, GCD, ARC, class extensions, as well as inheritance, composition, object initialization, categories, prools, memory management, and organizing source files • An introduction to building user interfaces using what is called the UIKit • A primer for non-C programmers to get off the ground even faster