Beginning Mac OS® X Programming

Table of contents

1. Copyright
2. About the Authors
3. Credits
4. Dedication
5. Acknowledgments
6. Introduction
7. Mac OS X Developer Resources
   1. The Mac OS X Environment
      1. Introducing the Mac OS X
      2. The Core Operating System
      3. Graphics and Media Layers
      4. Application Frameworks and UI
      5. Apple Human Interface Guidelines
      6. Summary
      7. Exercises
   2. Developer Tools
      1. Installing the Developer Software
      2. Developer Applications
      3. Developer Documentation and Examples
      4. Apple Developer Connection
      5. Summary
      6. Exercises
   3. Xcode
      1. Starting a New Project
      2. Working with Files
      3. Writing Your Code
      4. Building and Running
      5. Using the Debugger
      6. Online Documentation
      7. Summary
      8. Exercises
   4. Interface Builder
      1. Starting a New Interface
      2. Building Menus
      3. Building Windows
      4. Making Windows Resizable
      5. Summary
      6. Exercises
8. Application Programming
   1. The Application
      1. Basic Bundle Structure
      2. Examining Application Bundles
      3. Building an Application Bundle
      4. Application Preferences
      5. Summary
      6. Exercises
   2. The C Language
      1. A Little History
      2. Getting Started
      3. Variables and Data Types
      4. Operators
      5. Arrays and Pointers
      6. Conditional Branching
      7. Loops
      8. Functions
      9. Characters and Strings
      10. Input/Output
      11. Data Structures
      12. Memory Management
      13. The Preprocessor
      14. Organizing Programs
      15. Summary
      16. Exercises
   3. The Objective-C Language
      1. Object-Oriented Programming
      2. Classes and Objects
      3. Methods
      4. Data Hiding
      5. Subclassing
      6. Messaging
      7. Protocols and Informal Protocols
      8. Naming Conventions
      9. Creating and Destroying Objects
      10. Memory Management
      11. Accessor Methods
      12. Summary
      13. Exercises
   4. Using the Cocoa Frameworks
      1. Connecting Cocoa Interfaces
      2. Working with Documents
      3. Subclassing Controls in Interface Builder
      4. Connecting Menus
      5. Selecting Files with Open Panels
      6. Tracking Changes with Notifications
      7. Using Drawers
      8. Working with Table Views
      9. Handling Undo
      10. Archiving Objective-C Objects
      11. Application Preferences
      12. Responding to Keyboard Events
      13. Summary
      14. Exercises
   5. Using the Carbon Frameworks
      1. Memory Management in Carbon
      2. Connecting Carbon Interfaces
      3. Carbon File Manager
      4. Working with QuickTime
      5. Summary
      6. Exercises
9. Script Programming
   1. Overview of Scripting Languages
      1. What Is a Script?
      2. What Is a Scripting Language?
      3. Bash
      4. AppleScript
      5. Python
      6. Perl
      7. JavaScript and Dashboard
      8. Other Scripting Languages
      9. Summary
      10. Exercises
   2. The Bash Shell
      1. Getting Started
      2. Unix Basics
      3. Shell Programming
      4. Summary
      5. Exercises
   3. AppleScript and AppleScript Studio
      1. AppleScript
      2. AppleScript Studio
      3. Summary
      4. Exercises
   4. Using Scripts Within Applications
      1. Running Subprocesses with C Functions
      2. Running Scripts with Cocoa
      3. Summary
      4. Exercise
10. Exercise Answers
    1. Chapter 1
    2. Chapter 2
    3. Chapter 3
    4. Chapter 4
    5. Chapter 5
    6. Chapter 6
    7. Chapter 7
    8. Chapter 8
    9. Chapter 9
    10. Chapter 10
    11. Chapter 11
    12. Chapter 12
    13. Chapter 13
11. Developer Resources
    1. Websites
    2. Mailing Lists
    3. Other Resources
12. Developer Tools Roadmap
    1. Build Tools
    2. Graphics Tools
    3. Java Tools
    4. Performance Tools
    5. Other Utilities
    6. Command-Line Tools
13. Index