Objective-C 2.0 Essentials

1. About Objective-C Essentials
   • Why are you reading this?
   • Supported Platforms
     
     
2. The History of Objective-C
   • The C Programming Language
   • The Smalltalk programming Language
   • C meets Smalltalk
   • Objective-C and Apple
     
     
3. Installing Xcode and Compiling Objective-C on Mac OS X
   • Installing Xcode on Mac OS X
   • Starting Xcode
   • Starting a New Project
   • Writing an Objective-C Application with Xcode
   • Compiling Objective-C from the Command Line
     
     
4. Installing and using GNUstep and Objective-C on Windows
   • Downloading the GNUstep Packages
   • Installing MinGW and GNUstep on Windows
   • Running the GNUstep Shell
   • Testing the Installation
     
     
5. Installing and Using GNUstep and Objective-C on Linux
   • Installing GNUstep on Ubuntu
   • Compiling Objective-C Code
     
     
6. Building and Installing GNUstep on Linux
   • Installing gcc and Objective-C Support on Linux
   • Package Dependencies
   • Obtaining the GNUstep Source Code
   • Configuring the Build Process
   • Building GNUstep
   • Testing the Objective-C and GNUstep Installation
   • Compiling Objective-C Code
     
     
7. Objective-C 2.0 Data Types
   • int Data Type
   • char Data Type
   • Special Characters/Escape Sequences
   • float Data Type
   • double Data Type
   • id Data Type
   • Objective-C Data Type Qualifiers
   • long
   • long long
   • short
   • signed / unsigned
     
     

• Working with Variables in Objective-C