Chapter 2. Developing iPhone Games: Peeking Inside the iPhone Toolbox
Now that we've established the iPhone's platform credentials and described why you should be excited about developing for it, let's take a peek at some of the tools you'll be using. These technologies include Objective-C or C/C++, Xcode, UIKit, Quartz 2D, Core Animation, OpenGL, audio APIs, networking, and GameKit. This chapter provides a brief overview of these technologies, how they can be used when developing a game, and examples of how they are employed in existing games.
Development Tools and Environment
The language of iPhone development is Objective-C. As the name implies, Objective-C is an extension of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) C language designed ...
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