Hour 4. Object-Oriented Programming with Objective-C

What you’ll learn in this hour:

• Creating Classes

• Adding Attributes to Classes

• Adding Behavior to Classes

• Using Objects and Classes

• Extending Classes Through Inheritance

• Using Polymorphism with Inheritance and Protocols

Some developers find it hard to believe that object-oriented programming has been around since the 1960s. In fact, some younger developers find it hard to believe that any kind of programming has been around that long.

Even back in the ‘60s, the complexity and size of computer programs was growing rapidly and becoming unmanageable. A solution to that program was to allow developers to create smaller, more reusable (and manageable) collections of data and functionality ...

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