Objective-C
Objective-C is a general-purpose, object-oriented programming language that adds Smalltalk-style messaging to the C programming language.
This is the main programming language used by Apple for the OS X and iOS operating systems and their respective APIs, Cocoa and Cocoa Touch. This reference will take you through simple and practical approach while learning Objective-C Programming language.
Object-Oriented Programming
Objective-C fully supports object-oriented programming, including the four pillars of object-oriented development −
- Encapsulation
- Data hiding
- Inheritance
- Polymorphism
Foundation Framework
It includes a list of extended datatypes like NSArray, NSDictionary, NSSet and so on.
It provides features for URL handling, utilities like date formatting, data handling, error handling, and so on.
Use of Objective-C
Objective-C is used in iOS and Mac OS X. It has large base of iOS users and largely increasing Mac OS X users.