Objective-C for Absolute Beginners: iPhone and Mac Programming Made Easy

The success of Learn to Program Objective-C, from Apress, allowed many people to migrate their existing programming skills to Objective-C. This book allows even people who have never programmed before, but are inspired by what their Mac or iPhone can do, and what their friends have achieved with it, to program these devices for the first time, even with no programming knowledge.

Objective-C is gaining popularity faster than any other programming language, which isn't surprising since it's the native development language for both Apple's iPhone OS and Mac OS X. "Objective-C for Absolute Beginners" is the first book to introduce this rich, object-oriented language to new programmers.

Gary Bennett is president of xcelMe.com. xcelMe teaches iPhone/iPad programming courses online. Gary has taught hundreds of students how to develop iPhone/iPad apps, and has several very popular apps on the iTunes Apps Store. Gary’s students have some of the best-selling apps on the iTunes App Store. Gary also worked for 25 years in the technology and defense industries. He served 10 years in the U.S. Navy as a Nuclear Engineer aboard two nuclear submarines. After leaving the Navy, Gary worked for several companies as a software developer, CIO, and President. As CIO, he helped take VistaCare public in 2002. Gary also co-authored iPhone Cool Projects for Apress. Gary lives in Scottsdale, Arizona with his wife Stefanie and their four children.

Mitch Fisher is a software developer in the Phoenix, Arizona area. He was introduced to PCs back in the 1980s when 64K was a lot of memory and 1 Mhz was considered a fast computer. Over the last 25 years, MItch has worked for several large and medium-sized companies in the roles of software developer and software architect, and had led several teams of developers on multi-million dollar projects. Mitch now divides his time between writing iOS applications and server-side UNIX technologies.

Brad Lees has more than 12 years’ experience in application development and server management. He has specialized in creating and initiating software programs in real-estate development systems and financial institutions. His career has been highlighted by his positions as information systems manager at The Lyle Anderson Company; product development manager for Smarsh; vice president of application development for iNation; and IT manager at The Orcutt/Winslow Partnership, the largest architectural firm in Arizona. A graduate of Arizona State University, Brad and his wife Natalie reside in Phoenix with their five children.