Learning the iOS SDK for JavaScript Programmers

Preface;
What You Need to Start;
What’s in This Book;
Conventions Used in This Book;
Using Code Examples;
How to Contact Us;
Safari® Books Online;
Acknowledgments;
Chapter 1: Why Go Native?;
1.1 Using an App Offline;
1.2 More Access to the Hardware;
1.3 More Access to the Software;
1.4 What You Lose;
1.5 Taking the Plunge;
Chapter 2: Welcome to the iOS SDK;
2.1 Hardware and OS Requirements;
2.2 Installing the SDK;
2.3 About iOS Developer Programs;
2.4 Inside the SDK;
2.5 Viewing Developer Documentation;
2.6 Loading Code Samples;
2.7 Setting the Project’s Base SDK;
2.8 Trying the iOS Simulator;
2.9 Coming Up...;
Chapter 3: Creating a Test Workbench;
3.1 Creating the Project in Xcode;
3.2 Building the User Interface;
Chapter 4: Structural Overview of an iOS App;
4.1 Where It All Begins: APIs;
4.2 Frameworks;
4.3 Welcome to Class Files;
4.4 Using Xcode to Create DGCar Class Files;
4.5 Integrating the DGCar Class into Workbench;
4.6 Recap;
Chapter 5: App Execution Flow;
5.1 Some C Language Roots in an iOS App;
5.2 An Introduction to Delegates;
5.3 iPhone App Development Design Patterns;
5.4 The Importance of Views;
5.5 Recap;
Chapter 6: Central Objective-C Concepts: Pointers, Data Types, and Memory Management;
6.1 Pointers;
6.2 Data Typing;
6.3 Memory Management;
6.4 Recap;
Chapter 7: C Language Fundamentals;
7.1 Variable Names;
7.2 Variable Scope;
7.3 Constant Values;
7.4 Functions;
7.5 C Structures;
7.6 C Arrays;
7.7 Enumerated Types;
7.8 Operators;
7.9 Program Flow Constructions;
7.10 Boolean Values;
7.11 Math Object Equivalents in C;
7.12 Inserting Comments;
7.13 Recap;
Chapter 8: Objective-C/Cocoa Touch Fundamentals;
8.1 More About Classes;
8.2 Real Classes in Real Action;
8.3 Class Properties;
8.4 About NSString;
8.5 About NSArray;
8.6 About NSDictionary;
8.7 Arrays and Dictionaries in Action;
8.8 Recap;
Chapter 9: Common JavaScript Tasks in Cocoa Touch;
9.1 Formatting Numbers for Display;
9.2 Creating a Date Object;
9.3 Calculating Dates;
9.4 Downloading Remote Files Asynchronously;
9.5 Reading and Writing Local Files;
9.6 Sorting Arrays;
9.7 Capturing User-Entered Text;
9.8 Validating Text Entry with Regular Expressions;
9.9 Using Regular Expressions for Text Search and Replace;
9.10 Dragging a View Around the Screen;
9.11 Recap;
Getting the Most from Xcode Documentation;
Common Beginner Xcode Compiler Errors;
Error Messages;
Warning Messages;
Glossary;
Colophon;