Objective-C for Swift Developers
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Swift is a powerful, modern programming language that will continue to grow over the years ahead. But with over a million existing apps written in Objective-C, you almost certainly need to be able to read, write, and maintain both Swift and Objective-C if you want to score a great job making iOS apps.
Build on Swift
This course transfers your Swift skills to Objective-C, and assumes you already know how to make iOS apps – zero time is wasted explaining Swift techniques
Comprehensive
You'll learn the complete language, including pointers, blocks, protocols, categories, and Objective-C++ – you'll be equipped to tackle any codebase.
Hands-on
The course includes three projects to help you apply what you learned, plus a video where I walk you through converting a complete Swift project.
New and old
All Objective-C syntax is covered, from old things like ivars to new things like nullability, giving you the skills to work with whatever the world throws at you.
What's in the course
Objective-C for Swift Developers is an accelerated course designed to teach you Objective-C by drawing parallels with your existing Swift knowledge. It includes three complete projects for you to complete, along with example solutions, plus a hands-on video where I walk you through converting a Swift project to Objective-C so you can see exactly how it all works.
- Overview
- Concepts
- Basic syntax
- Pointers
- The size of integers
- What is truth?
- Format specifiers
- Data types
- Strings
- Numbers
- Arrays
- Dictionaries
- Sets
- Generics
- NSValue
- NSData
- NSObject
- id and instancetype
- NSError
- Blocks
- Project 1: Hangman
- Classes
- Introduction to classes
- Methods
- Properties
- Creating objects
- Categories and class extensions
- Protocols
- Nullability
- Project 2: Sci-Fi Quotes
- Preprocessor
- Inside the preprocessor
- Defining object-like macros
- Metadata macros
- Defining function-like macros
- Project 3: Swifty Commits
- Advanced topics
- Automatic Reference Counting
- Autorelease pools
- Objecive-C++
If you want to complete your iOS development learning then you need Objective-C under your belt, and what better way to learn than by drawing on all the Swift knowledge you have?
