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jQuery Plugin: Objective C Learning Tool: Part 1

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This is Part 1 of on ongoing series.

Two things were irritating me.

The first, I was having a difficult time getting back into reading Obcetive C method syntax after spending all day slinging PHP and Javascript.

The second was that most of that Javascript I was slinging was using the Prototype Javascript Framework. Prototype’s a fine project, but I’ve never liked its “Hey, Javascript can be like Java” Class abstraction or its “HTML Sucks” Element object.

So, I decided to shake the rust off my jQuery and write a little widget/plugin that would highlight the various parts of an Objective C method signature. Copy/Paste the fake method signature, or any real method signature, into the text box and click away.

-(void) this:(int)param is:(NSString)param2 an:(NSObject)param3 example:(NSArray)param4
//fake method to past in the box below...

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Originally published January 9, 2009

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Originally Posted: 9th January 2009

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