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Beginning, Mac OS® X Snow Leopard™ Programming

Name: Beginning, Mac OS® X Snow Leopard™ Programming
ISBN: 9780470577523

by Michael Trent, Drew McCormack

January 2010

Beginner

671 pages

17h 25m

English

Wrox

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Copyright
CREDITS
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION
0.1. WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR0.2. HOW THIS BOOK IS STRUCTURED0.3. WHAT YOU NEED TO USE THIS BOOK0.4. CONVENTIONS0.5. SOURCE CODE0.6. ERRATA0.7. P2P.WROX.COM
I. Mac OS X Developer Resources
1. The Mac OS X Environment
1.1. INTRODUCING THE MAC OS X1.2. THE CORE OPERATING SYSTEM1.2.1. The Kernel1.2.2. The System Library1.2.3. Unix Commands1.3. GRAPHICS AND MEDIA LAYERS1.3.1. The Quartz Compositor1.3.2. Quartz 2D1.3.3. OpenGL1.3.4. QuickTime1.3.5. Core Animation1.4. APPLICATION FRAMEWORKS AND UI1.4.1. Cocoa1.4.2. Carbon1.4.3. Java JDK1.5. APPLE HUMAN INTERFACE GUIDELINES1.6. SUMMARY
2. Developer Tools
2.1. INSTALLING THE DEVELOPER SOFTWARE2.2. DEVELOPER APPLICATIONS2.2.1. Build Tools2.2.2. Performance Tools2.2.2.1. Instruments2.2.2.1.1. ObjectAlloc and Leaks2.2.2.1.2. Time Profiler and Spin Monitor2.2.2.1.3. Thread States2.2.2.1.4. User Interface2.2.2.2. Shark2.2.3. Other Utilities2.2.3.1. FileMerge2.2.3.2. Icon Composer2.2.3.3. PackageMaker2.2.3.4. Pixie2.2.3.5. Property List Editor2.2.3.6. Script Editor2.2.4. Command-Line Tools2.2.4.1. cc/gcc2.2.4.2. diff2.2.4.3. gdb2.2.4.4. sample2.2.4.5. sh/bash/tcsh2.2.4.6. top2.3. DEVELOPER DOCUMENTATION AND EXAMPLES2.3.1. Conceptual Documentation2.3.1.1. Apple Human Interface Guidelines2.3.1.2. Mac OS X Technology Overview2.3.1.3. A Tour of Xcode2.3.2. API Reference2.3.3. Examples2.3.4. Man Pages2.4. APPLE DEVELOPER CONNECTION2.4.1. Documentation2.4.2. Examples2.4.3. Mailing Lists2.4.4. Developer Tools2.4.5. Developer Support2.5. SUMMARY
3. Xcode
3.1. STARTING A NEW PROJECT3.2. WORKING WITH FILES3.3. WRITING YOUR CODE3.3.1. A Second Look at Indenting3.4. BUILDING AND RUNNING3.5. FINDING PROBLEMS WITH THE STATIC ANALYZER3.6. USING THE DEBUGGER3.7. ONLINE DOCUMENTATION3.8. SUMMARY
4. Interface Builder
4.1. STARTING A NEW INTERFACE4.2. BUILDING MENUS4.3. BUILDING WINDOWS4.4. MAKING WINDOWS RESIZABLE4.5. SUMMARY

II. Application Programming
5. The Application
5.1. BASIC BUNDLE STRUCTURE5.1.1. Opaque Directory5.1.2. Versioned Bundles5.1.3. The Info.plist File5.1.4. Executable Code5.1.5. Global Resources5.1.6. Localized Resources5.2. EXAMINING APPLICATION BUNDLES5.3. BUILDING AN APPLICATION BUNDLE5.4. APPLICATION PREFERENCES5.5. SUMMARY
6. The C Language
6.1. A LITTLE HISTORY6.2. GETTING STARTED6.3. VARIABLES AND DATA TYPES6.4. OPERATORS6.5. ARRAYS AND POINTERS6.6. CONDITIONAL BRANCHING6.7. LOOPS6.8. FUNCTIONS AND BLOCKS6.9. CHARACTERS AND STRINGS6.10. INPUT/OUTPUT6.11. DATA STRUCTURES6.12. MEMORY MANAGEMENT6.13. THE PREPROCESSOR6.14. ORGANIZING PROGRAMS6.15. SUMMARY
7. The Objective-C Language
7.1. OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING7.2. CLASSES AND OBJECTS7.3. METHODS7.4. DATA HIDING7.5. SUBCLASSING7.6. MESSAGING7.7. PROTOCOLS AND INFORMAL PROTOCOLS7.8. NAMING CONVENTIONS7.9. CREATING AND DESTROYING OBJECTS7.10. MEMORY MANAGEMENT7.11. ACCESSOR METHODS AND PROPERTIES7.12. SUMMARY
8. Introduction to Cocoa
8.1. CONNECTING COCOA INTERFACES8.1.1. Connecting Interfaces Manually with Outlets and Actions8.1.2. Working with Cocoa Bindings8.1.3. The Model/View/Controller Design Pattern8.2. SUMMARY
9. Document-Based Cocoa Applications
9.1. WORKING WITH DOCUMENTS9.1.1. Creating a New Document9.2. SUBCLASSING CONTROLS IN INTERFACE BUILDER9.3. CONNECTING MENUS9.4. SUMMARY
10. Core Data-Based Cocoa Applications
10.1. ARCHIVING OBJECTIVE-C OBJECTS10.2. MODELING OBJECTS WITH CORE DATA10.3. CONNECTING USER INTERFACE TO CORE DATA10.4. SELECTING FILES WITH OPEN PANELS10.5. CREATING NEW DOCUMENTS10.6. SORTING RESULTS10.7. USING TRANSIENT OBJECTS10.8. APPLICATION PREFERENCES10.9. SUMMARY
III. Script Programming
11. Overview of Scripting Languages
11.1. WHAT IS A SCRIPT?11.2. WHAT IS A SCRIPTING LANGUAGE?11.3. BASH11.3.1. Why Bash?11.3.2. More Information11.4. APPLESCRIPT11.4.1. Why AppleScript?11.4.2. More Information11.5. PYTHON11.5.1. Why Python?11.5.2. More Information11.6. RUBY11.6.1. Why Ruby?11.6.2. More Information11.7. JAVASCRIPT11.7.1. Why JavaScript?11.7.2. More Information11.8. OTHER SCRIPTING LANGUAGES11.9. SUMMARY
12. The Bash Shell
12.1. GETTING STARTED12.1.1. The Command-Line Interface12.1.2. Interactive versus Script12.1.3. The Terminal Application12.1.4. Editors12.1.5. Configuring Bash12.2. UNIX BASICS12.2.1. Paths12.2.2. Locating and Learning Commands12.2.3. Running Commands and Other Executables12.2.4. Redirecting Input and Output12.2.5. Navigating the File System12.2.6. Working with Files and Directories12.2.7. File Permissions12.2.8. Globbing12.2.9. Searching for Files12.2.10. Working with Text12.2.11. Process Control12.2.12. Mac OS X Exclusive Commands12.2.13. Overview of Other Commands12.3. SHELL PROGRAMMING12.3.1. Scripts12.3.2. Variables12.3.3. Quoting12.3.4. Conditional Branching12.3.5. Looping12.3.6. Functions12.4. SUMMARY
13. AppleScript and AppleScriptObjC
13.1. APPLESCRIPT13.1.1. Creating an AppleScript13.1.2. Scriptable and Recordable Applications13.1.3. Apple Events13.1.4. Variables and Data Types13.1.5. Handlers13.1.6. Control Statements13.1.6.1. Conditional Branching13.1.6.2. Looping13.1.6.3. tell Command13.1.6.4. Punctuation13.1.6.5. Exception Handling13.1.7. Operators13.1.7.1. Equality and Inequality Operators13.1.7.2. The Concatenation Operator13.1.7.3. The Contains Operator13.1.8. Specifying Elements13.1.9. Scripts and Objects13.1.10. Classes13.1.11. Working with Scripts13.2. APPLESCRIPT APPLICATIONS13.2.1. The AppleScriptObjC Bridge13.2.2. Using Xcode13.2.3. Using Interface Builder13.3. SUMMARY
14. JavaScript, Dashboard, and Dashcode
14.1. JAVASCRIPT14.1.1. Dashboard14.2. DASHCODE14.3. SUMMARY
A. Answers to Exercises
A.1. CHAPTER 1A.1.1. Exercise 1 SolutionA.1.2. Exercise 2 SolutionA.2. CHAPTER 2A.2.1. Exercise 1 SolutionA.2.2. Exercise 2 SolutionA.3. CHAPTER 3A.3.1. Exercise 1 SolutionA.3.2. Exercise 2 SolutionA.3.3. Exercise 3 SolutionA.4. CHAPTER 4A.4.1. Exercise 1 SolutionA.4.2. Exercise 2 SolutionA.5. CHAPTER 5A.5.1. Exercise 1 SolutionA.5.2. Exercise 2 SolutionA.6. CHAPTER 6A.6.1. Exercise 1 SolutionA.6.2. Exercise 2 SolutionA.7. CHAPTER 7A.7.1. Exercise 1 SolutionA.7.2. Exercise 2 SolutionA.8. CHAPTER 8A.8.1. Exercise 1 SolutionA.8.2. Exercise 2 SolutionA.9. CHAPTER 9A.9.1. Exercise 1 SolutionA.9.2. Exercise 2 SolutionA.10. CHAPTER 10A.10.1. Exercise 1 SolutionA.10.2. Exercise 2 SolutionA.10.3. Exercise 3 SolutionA.11. CHAPTER 11A.11.1. Exercise 1 SolutionA.11.2. Exercise 2 SolutionA.11.3. Exercise 3 SolutionA.12. CHAPTER 12A.12.1. Exercise 1 SolutionA.12.2. Exercise 2 SolutionA.13. CHAPTER 13A.13.1. Exercise 1 SolutionA.13.2. Exercise 2 SolutionA.13.3. Exercise 3 SolutionA.14. CHAPTER 14A.14.1. Exercise 1 SolutionA.14.2. Exercise 2 Solution
B. Developer Resources
B.1. WEB SITESB.2. MAILING LISTSB.3. OTHER RESOURCES

Overview

A solid introduction to programming on the Mac OS X Snow Leopard platform

The Mac OS X Snow Leopard system comes with everything you need in its complete set of development tools and resources. However, finding where to begin can be challenging. This book serves as an ideal starting point for programming on the Mac OS X Snow Leopard platform. Step-by-step instructions walk you through the details of each featured example so that you can type them out, run them, and even figure out how to debug them when they don't work right. Taking into account that there is usually more than one way to do something when programming, the authors encourage you to experiment with a variety of solutions. This approach enables you to efficiently start writing programs in Mac OS X Snow Leopard using myriad languages and put those languages together in order to create seamless applications.

Coverage Includes:

The Mac OS X Environment
Developer Tools
Xcode
Interface Builder
The C Language
The Objective-C Language
An Introduction to Cocoa
Document-Based Cocoa Applications
Core Data-Based Cocoa Applications
An Overview of Scripting Languages
The Bash Shell
AppleScript and AppleScriptObjC
Javascript, Dashboard, and Dashcode

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