Game Development Reference
In-Depth Information
Please note that Objective-C includes internal exception handling.
Objective-C conventions
Objective-C code has a number of established coding conventions. For example,
method names start with a lowercase letter and use camel case for multiple words
such as
doThis
or
doThisInstead
. Make sure that method names are easily un-
derstood but not too long.
Also, there are a few conventions that are required if you want to use the language
or framework features. For example, property accessor methods must follow strict
naming conventions in order to work with technologies such as
Key-Value Coding
(
KVC
) or
Key-Value Observing
(
KVO
).
Apple Developer documentation can be found at
http://developer.apple.com/library/
Getting started
To get started with programming Objective-C, you will need a Mac running OS X Ver-
sion 10.7 or later. If you have an earlier version of Mac OS X, you need to upgrade.
We need to follow the ensuing steps for getting started:
1. Download the latest version of Xcode.
2. Open the Mac App Store app on your Mac, search for Xcode, and click on
Free to download Xcode
.
3. Enroll in the Mac Developer Program.
After you enroll in the program, you have access to the tools and resources you need
to distribute your app. You will learn more about these tools later in the road map.
For more information on getting started, go to
https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/
