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iOS Build a Simple iPhone App (iOS7) Getting Started Introduction to the Crystal Ball App

Shaun Kelly
Shaun Kelly
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Shaun Kelly
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What does NS stand for in NSString?

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agreatdaytocode
agreatdaytocode
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agreatdaytocode
agreatdaytocode
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NS stands for Next Step :)

Clifford Ng
Clifford Ng
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Clifford Ng
Clifford Ng
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It's a prefix that NextStep engineers chose for their framework. I guess they wanted to make it easier to be known that NS = NextStep. Because Objective-C doesn't have namespaces, the unique prefix is needed.