功能性更强。

Objective-C是面向对象的语言，但是Cocoa框架是函数式风格的，并且在很多情况下是函数式设计的。

There is separation of mutability. Use immutable classes as primary, and mutable object as secondary. For instance, use NSArray primarily, and use NSMutableArray only when you need. There is pure functions. Not so many, buy many of framework APIs are designed like pure function. Look at functions such as CGRectMake() or CGAffineTransformMake(). Obviously pointer form looks more efficient. However indirect argument with pointers can't offer side-effect-free. Design structures purely as much as possible. Separate even state objects. Use -copy instead of -retain when passing a value to other object. Because shared state can influence mutation to value in other object silently. So can't be side-effect-free. If you have a value from external from object, copy it. So it's also important designing shared state as minimal as possible.

但是也不要害怕使用不纯函数。

There is lazy evaluation. See something like -[UIViewController view] property. The view won't be created when the object is created. It'll be created when caller reading view property at first time. UIImage will not be loaded until it actually being drawn. There are many implementation like this design. This kind of designs are very helpful for resource management, but if you don't know the concept of lazy evaluation, it's not easy to understand behavior of them. There is closure. Use C-blocks as much as possible. This will simplify your life greatly. But read once more about block-memory-management before using it. There is semi-auto GC. NSAutoreleasePool. Use -autorelease primary. Use manual -retain/-release secondary when you really need. (ex: memory optimization, explicit resource deletion)

使用NSAssert和朋友。 我一直使用nil作为有效对象…特别是发送消息给nil在Obj-C中是完全有效的。 然而，如果我真的想确定一个变量的状态，我使用NSAssert和NSParameterAssert，这有助于轻松跟踪问题。

确保您收藏了调试魔术页面。这应该是你在寻找Cocoa bug的源头时碰壁的第一站。

例如，它会告诉你如何找到你第一次分配内存的方法，后来导致崩溃(比如在应用程序终止期间)。

不要使用未知字符串作为格式字符串

当方法或函数接受格式字符串参数时，应确保能够控制格式字符串的内容。

例如，当记录字符串时，很容易将字符串变量作为唯一参数传递给NSLog:

    NSString *aString = // get a string from somewhere;
    NSLog(aString);

这样做的问题是，字符串可能包含被解释为格式字符串的字符。这可能导致错误的输出、崩溃和安全问题。相反，你应该将字符串变量替换为一个格式字符串:

    NSLog(@"%@", aString);

还有一个半相关的话题(还有更多的回复空间!):

有哪些Xcode的小技巧和技巧是你希望2年前就知道的?

IBOutlets

从历史上看，outlet的内存管理一直很差。 当前的最佳实践是将outlet声明为属性:

@interface MyClass :NSObject {
    NSTextField *textField;
}
@property (nonatomic, retain) IBOutlet NSTextField *textField;
@end

使用属性使内存管理语义清晰;如果使用实例变量综合，它还提供了一致的模式。