Apple Computer, Inc

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Introduces one of the Mac OS X's principal application environments, allowing the development of object-oriented APIs in both Java and Objective-C.

Learning Cocoa

James Duncan Davidson

Learning Cocoa with Objective-C eases you into the experience of Cocoa development, not merely by reading, but by doing. After an introduction to Project Builder and Interface Builder, you'll quickly come up to speed on the concepts of object-oriented programming with Objective-C, the language of choice for building applications to run on Mac OS X. Each chapter presents a different sample program for you to build, with easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions to teach you the fundamentals of Cocoa programming. The techniques learned in each chapter lay the foundation for more advanced techniques and concepts presented in later chapters. You'll learn how to : • Effectively use Apple's suite of Developer Tools, including Project Builder and Interface Builder • Build single- and multiple-window document-based applications • Manipulate text data using Cocoa's text handling capabilities • Draw with Cocoa • Localize your application for multiple language support • Polish off your application by adding an icon for use in the Dock, providing Help, and packaging your program for distribution At the end of each chapter, you'll be presented with a series of Exercises, challenging you to tweak the application you've just built, or to go back to an earlier example and add some new functionality to it. Solutions are provided in the Appendix, but you're encouraged to learn by trying. Originally written by insiders at Apple Computer, Inc., and revised for this new edition by James Duncan Davidson, this book is based on the Jaguar release of Mac OS X 10.2. Learning Cocoa with Objective-C covers the latest updates to the Cocoa frameworks, including the AddressBook framework. Also included with this edition are a handy API quick reference card and an appendix that includes a listing of resources essential to any Cocoa developer-beginning or advanced.

Learning Cocoa with Objective-C

Learning Carbon will get you up to speed quickly on using Carbon, a collection of C programming interfaces, to create Mac OS X applications. It takes you step by step through the design and building of a Carbon application, introducing two key development tools : Project Builder and Interface Builder. The book shows you how to build common application functionalities into a Carbon program, such as window handling, printing, opening and saving files, responding to menu commands and controls in the interface, and providing help to users. After reading this book, you should be comfortable enough to start writing your own Carbon applications. You'll learn key concepts about Carbon and Mac OS X programming, including : Carbon event management ; Resource handling ; Bundle anatomy ; Language localisation Although extensive programming experience is not required, familiarity with a procedural language such as C will make you feel right at home with Carbon. Written by insiders at Apple Computer, Inc. who have access to engineers deeply involved in creating Mac OS X, this book offers information that you can get nowhere else.

Learning Carbon

Learning Cocoa with Objective-C is the "must-have" book for people who want to develop applications for Mac OS X, and is the only book approved and reviewed by Apple engineers. Based on the Jaguar release of Mac OS X 10.2, this edition of Learning Cocoa includes examples that use the Address Book and Universal Access APIs. Also included is a handy quick reference card, charting Cocoa's Foundation and AppKit frameworks, along with an Appendix that includes a listing of resources essential to any Cocoa developer--beginning or advanced.Completely revised and updated, this 2nd edition begins with some simple examples to familiarize you with the basic elements of Cocoa programming as well Apple's Developer Tools, including Project Builder and Interface Builder.After introducing you to Project Builder and Interface Builder, it brings you quickly up to speed on the concepts of object-oriented programming with Objective-C, the language of choice for building Cocoa applications. From there, each chapter presents a different sample program for you to build, with easy to follow, step-by-step instructions to teach you the fundamentals of Cocoa programming. The techniques you will learn in each chapter lay the foundation for more advanced techniques and concepts presented in later chapters.You'll learn how to: Effectively use Apple's suite of Developer Tools, including Project Builder and Interface Builder Build single- and multiple-window document-based applications Manipulate text data using Cocoa's text handling capabilities Draw with Cocoa Add scripting functionality to your applications Localize your application for multiple language support Polish off your application by adding an icon for use in the Dock, provide Help, and package your program for distribution Each chapter ends with a series of Examples, challenging you to test your newly-learned skills by tweaking the application you've just built, or to go back to an earlier example and add to it some new functionality. Solutions are provided in the Appendix, but you're encouraged to learn by trying.Extensive programming experience is not required to complete the examples in the book, though experience with the C programming language will be helpful. If you are familiar with an object-oriented programming language such as Java or Smalltalk, you will rapidly come up to speed with the Objective-C language. Otherwise, basic object-oriented and language concepts are covered where needed.

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