Learning the iOS 4 SDK for JavaScript Programmers

Why go native?. Using an app offline ; More access to the hardware ; More access to the software ; What you lose ; Taking the plunge -- Welcome to the iOS SDK. Hardware and OS requirements ; Installing the SDK ; About iOS developer programs ; Inside the SDK ; Viewing developer documentation ; Loading code samples ; Setting the project's base SDK ; Trying the iOS simulator ; Coming up- -- Creating a test workbench. Creating the project in Xcode ; Building a user interface -- Structural overview of an iOS app. Where it all begins : APIs ; Frameworks ; Welcome to class files ; Using Xcode to create DGCar class files ; Integrating the DGCar class into Workbench ; Recap -- App execution flow. Some C language roots in an iOS app ; An introduction to delegates ; iPhone app development design patterns ; The importance of views -- Central objective-c concepts : pointers, data types, and memory management. Pointers ; Data typing ; Memory management ; Recap -- C language fundamentals. Variable names ; Variable scope ; Constant values ; Functions ; C structures ; C arrays ; Enumerated types ; Operators ; Program flow constructions ; Boolean values ; Math object equivalents in C ; Inserting comments ; Recap -- Objective-C/Cocoa Touch fundamentals. More about classes ; Real classes in real action ; Class properties ; About NSString ; About NSArray ; About NSDictionary ; Arrays and dictionaries in action ; Recap -- Common JavaScript tasks in Cocoa Touch. Formatting numbers for display ; Creating a date object ; Calculating dates ; Downloading remote files asynchonously ; Reading and writing local files ; Sorting arrays ; Capturing user-entered text ; Validating text entry with regular expressions ; Using regular expressions for text search and replace ; Dragging a view around the screen ; Recap -- Getting the most from Xcode documentation ; Common beginner Xcode compiler errors.