Objective-C is today's fastest growing programming language, at least in part due to the popularity of Apple's Mac, iPhone and iPad.Beginning Objective-C is for you if you have some programming experience, but you're new to the Objective-C programming language and you want a modern, and fast, way forwards to your own coding projects. Beginning Objective-Coffers you a modern programmer's perspective on Objective-C, and gets you programming as you know you can, in this important language. It gets you rolling and fast into the sound fundamentals of Objective-C, in order to do things right - no matter what projects you plan to build yourself with the language. You'll soon find yourself building a fairly complex Objective-C based application, and mastering the language ready for your own projects. If you're new to programming altogether, then Apress has other Objective-C books for you such as our Learning and Absolute Beginner titles - otherwise, let your existing skills ramp you fast forwards in Objective-C withBeginning Objective-Cso that you can start building your own applications quickly. What you'll learn How to build your first Objective-C application or two What is OOP or object oriented programming and how it impacts Objective-C What are the Objective-C language features and the foundational APIs How to use the Filesystem, I/O and networking APIs How to build the graphical user interface and the user experience around and in it How to work with data and advanced data management And more... Who this book is for This book is for experienced programmers who are new to the Objective-C programming language and want a modern, fast, contemporary route towards programming the language themselves using their existing skills.