Learn C on the Mac For OS X and iOS

Considered a classic by an entire generation of Mac programmers, Dave Mark's Learn C on the Mac has been updated for you to include Mac OS X Mountain Lion and the latest iOS considerations.

Learn C on the Mac: For OS X and iOS, Second Edition is perfect for beginners learning to program. It includes contemporary OS X and iOS examples! This book also does the following:

•  Provides best practices for programming newbies 

•  Presents all the basics with a pragmatic, Mac OS X and iOS -flavored approach

•  Includes updated source code which is fully compatible with latest Xcode

After reading this book, you'll be ready to program and build apps using the C language and Objective-C will become much easier for you to learn when you're ready to pick that up. 

Chapter 1: Go Get the Tools

Chapter 2. Programming Basics

Chapter 3: C Basics: Staements and Functions

Chapter 4: C Basics: Variables and Operators

Chapter 5: Debugging

Chapter 6: Controlling Your Program's Flow

Chapter 7: Pointers and Parameters

Chapter 8: More Data Types

Chapter 9: The Command Line

Chapter 10: Designing Your Own Data Structures

Chapter 11: Working with Files

Chapter 12: Handling Errors

Chapter 13: Advanced Topics

Chapter 14: Where Do You Go from Here?  

Chapter 15: Answers to Exercises

Dave Mark is a longtime Mac developer and author who has written a number of books on Mac and iOS development, including Beginning iPhone 4 Development (Apress, 2010), More iPhone 3 Development (Apress, 2010), Learn C on the Mac (Apress, 2008), The Macintosh Programming Primer series (Addison-Wesley, 1992), and Ultimate Mac Programming (Wiley, 1995). Dave loves the water and spends as much time as possible on it, in it, or near it. He lives with his wife and three children in Virginia.