Chapter 6

Switches

After finishing the touches app in Chapter 5, you can say that you've coded Objective-C apps without flinching! You are not alone if, while coding Chapter 5, you felt as though you were struggling to make your way across a tough and rocky road. I say this because all programmers have had to journey over this road. It's absolutely OK to look back on that chapter and think to yourself that you don't remember what you did. Yes, that's normal, and I'm about to prove to you that it's normal. First, I need to explain why you are going to take time out at this point.

In my experience, when teaching students languages such as C, C++, C#, Assembly, Machine Languages, Java, and the list goes on, many students drop out even when they ...

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