num_pages: 433
description: The best-selling introduction to Cocoa once again updated to cover the latest Mac programming technologies and still enthusiastically recommended by experienced Mac OS X developers. Aarons book is the gold standard for Mac OS X programming booksbeautifully written and thoughtfully sculpted. The best book on Leopard development. Scott Stevenson www.theocacao.com This is the first book Id recommend for anyone wanting to learn Cocoa from scratch. Aarons one of the few (perhaps only) full-time professional Cocoa instructors and his teaching experience shows in the book. Tim Burks software developer and creator of the Nu programming language www.programming.nu If youre a UNIX or Windows developer who picked up a Mac OS X machine recently in hopes of developing new apps or porting your apps to Mac users this book should be strongly considered as one of your essential reference and training tomes. Kevin H. Spencer Apple Certified Technical Coordinator If youre developing applications for Mac OS X Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X Third Edition is the book youve been waiting to get your hands on. If youre new to the Mac environment its probably the book youve been told to read first. Covering the bulk of what you need to know to develop full-featured applications for OS X written in an engaging tutorial style and thoroughly class-tested to assure clarity and accuracy it is an invaluable resource for any Mac programmer. Specifically Aaron Hillegass introduces the three most commonly used Mac developer Xcode Interface Builder and Instruments. He also covers the Objective-C language and the major design patterns of Cocoa. Aaron illustrates his explanations with exemplary code written in the idioms of the Cocoa community to show you how Mac programs should be written. After reading this book you will know enough to understand and utilize Apples online documentation for your own unique needs. And you will know enough to write your own stylish code. Updated for Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5 this revised edition includes coverage of Xcode 3 Objective-C 2 Core Data the garbage collector and CoreAnimation.
language: English
title: Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X
publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional