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Excellent Free Books to Learn Objective-C

Last Updated on April 28, 2023

Objective-C is a general-purpose, dynamic, object-oriented programming language that adds Smalltalk-style messaging to the C programming language. It’s designed to be easy to use and read, while enabling sophisticated object-oriented design.

Objective-C was the main programming language supported by Apple for macOS, iOS, and their respective application programming interfaces (APIs), Cocoa and Cocoa Touch, until the introduction of Swift in 2014.

Apple would prefer Objective-C to be considered dead and buried. But some developers prefer Objective-C to Swift. The TIOBE Index currently ranks Swift in 13th place and Objective-C in 19th place.

Here’s our recommended free books to learn Objective-C.


1. Essential Objective-C by Krzysztof Kowalczyk

Essential Objective CEssential Objective-C is a free book about Objective-C programming language.

It’s written to provide clear and concise explanation of topics for programmers both starting to learn the language as well as those diving in more complex topics.

Most examples are linked to online playground that allows you to change the code and re-run it.

The book is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license.

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2. Conceptive C by Harry McGeough

Conceptive-C

Conceptive-C is an AI programming language based on Objective-C and C Language. It’s a superset of both languages and is designed to work with Apple Mac OS X and iOS. The implementation is currently under development for GNU GCC.

Conceptive C uses concepts to program natural language and Artificial Intelligence based computer language based on Objective C.

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3. Ry’s Objective-C Tutorial by Ryan Hodson

Ry's Objective-C Tutorial

This book serves as both a concise quick-reference and a comprehensive introduction for newcomers to the Objective-C programming language. It walks through each language feature step-by-step, explaining complex programming concepts via hands-on examples.

This tutorial focuses solely on the programming language, rather than on iOS or Mac App development. You won’t walk away with the ability to create your own iPad apps, but you will be incredibly prepared to continue down that path.

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4. Objective-C 2.0 Essentials by Neil Smyth

Objective-C 2.0 Essentials

The Objective-C 2.0 Essentials online book contains 34 chapters of detailed information intended to provide everything necessary to gain proficiency as an Objective-C programmer for both Mac OS X and iPhone development.

The objective of this book is to teach the skills necessary to program in Objective-C using a style that is easy to follow, rich in examples and accessible to those who have never used Objective-C before. Topics covered include the fundamentals of Objective-C such as variables, looping and flow control. Also included are details of object oriented programming, working with files and memory and the Objective-C Foundation framework.

Those who have developed using other programming languages such as C, C++, C# or Java will find much about Objective-C that is familiar. That said, there are aspects of the language syntax that are unique to Objective-C. Even experienced programmers should therefore expect to spend some time transitioning to this language before embarking on a major development project.

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