Lol! Awesome Liam! :) To be completely honest, when I first looked at Objective C syntax I really didn't like it. I was used to more straight C / Java / C++ syntax so seeing all the brackets enclosing method calls really kind of turned me off. C++ seemed a lot more concise to me. However, after having worked in Objective C for a while now, some of the more longhand ways methods are named really does help in reading code after you've written it and need to revisit it later.
It's actually quite a bit more readable in some ways than C++ because of the extra wording in the method naming. Here's an example: In C++ I might declare a method: void offsetLatitudeAndLongitude(double lat, double lng,double offset); I would write the same method name in Objective C as: -(void) offsetLatitude:(double)lat andLongitude:(double)lng withOffset:(double)offset; So since it's more English-like, going back and rereading that later for me would be a whole lot easier. :) So there ya go, there's my two cents for now. :) Have an awesome day! Smiles, Cara :) --- View my Online Portfolio at: http://www.onemodelplace.com/CaraQuinn Follow me on Twitter! https://twitter.com/ModelCara On Jun 7, 2013, at 12:30 PM, Liam Erven <[email protected]> wrote: I'm so glad I can look at that and have it not look like greek to me. Objective C still frightens me, but... well... Gotta jump in some time right? I think what is more frightening is Xcode itself. But take some time to learn it first guys. then complain. On 6/7/13, Cara Quinn <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey you guys, I say this with love, but if y'all would put the energy you're > spending complaining about learning Objective C into actually starting to > learn Objective C then I think you'll find that it's really not that hard! > *warm smile* > > Just to give a really quick intro to the language; > > • It uses methods or blocks of code just like C, C++ and other C style > languages. > > • An Objective C method definition might look like: > > -(void) doSomething { > > // Doing things here > > } > > the minus sign means that this method can be called on each object of the > class where this method is defined. If there were a plus sign instead, the > method could be called on the class itself. > > The void in parentheses means that the method returns or generates nothing. > > then we have the method's name and the two braces which enclose the actual > code that gets executed when you call the method. > > • Methods in Objective C are called as in: > > [self doSomething]; > > The call is surrounded in brackets. and the self in the first part of the > call refers to the object or class where the method is declared. Lastly, we > have the method name itself and then the semicolon which ends the line just > like in the C languages. > > Hope all this makes sense and allows you to start reading some Objective C > syntax to start to tell what is happening. > > Smiles, > > Cara :) > --- > View my Online Portfolio at: > > http://www.onemodelplace.com/CaraQuinn > > Follow me on Twitter! > > https://twitter.com/ModelCara > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [email protected]. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to [email protected]. > --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected]. --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
