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Andrew J Wagner
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Contacted on 5 Aug 16 Andrew J Wagner is a software developer who concentrates on iOS development and backend web services. He has a degree in computer engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York. Currently, he works for a development shop based in Denver, CO named Chronos Interactive. He has experience working with and for large-scale companies and small-scale companies as well as running his own contracting and app companies. He is passionate about using computers as a creative outlet and writing software that is beautiful in implementation, functionality, and experience. When he isn't working or spending time with friends and family, he writes for his blog at http://drewag.me. I would like to thank my friends and family for being there for me as support for both my troubles and triumphs. Without their encouragement, I would not have finished this book or achieved any of the other things in my life that make me proud. An especially big thanks to my parents, Fern and Joe, for continually providing me the the tools I need to do the things I love.
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Now that we have a pretty good understanding of Objective-C, let's discuss what Objective-C code looks like in a project. Unlike the Swift code, Objective-C is written in two different types of files. One of the types is called a header file and ends in the extension h. The other type is called an implementation file and ends in the extension m.

Before we can really discuss what the difference is between the two, we first have to discuss code exposure. In Swift, all the code you write is accessible to all other code in your project. This is not true with Objective-C. In Objective-C, you must explicitly indicate that you want to have access to the code in another file.

Header files

The header files are the types of files that can be included by other files. This means that header files should only contain the interfaces of types. In fact, this is why the separation exists between class interfaces and implementations. Any file can import a header file and that essentially inserts all...

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Contacted on 5 Aug 16 Andrew J Wagner is a software developer who concentrates on iOS development and backend web services. He has a degree in computer engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York. Currently, he works for a development shop based in Denver, CO named Chronos Interactive. He has experience working with and for large-scale companies and small-scale companies as well as running his own contracting and app companies. He is passionate about using computers as a creative outlet and writing software that is beautiful in implementation, functionality, and experience. When he isn't working or spending time with friends and family, he writes for his blog at http://drewag.me. I would like to thank my friends and family for being there for me as support for both my troubles and triumphs. Without their encouragement, I would not have finished this book or achieved any of the other things in my life that make me proud. An especially big thanks to my parents, Fern and Joe, for continually providing me the the tools I need to do the things I love.
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