Introduction

If you are developing applications for OS X, or are hoping to do so, this book will be your foundation and will help you understand Cocoa, the set of frameworks for developing applications for OS X. You, the developer, are going to love developing for OS X because Cocoa will enable you to write full-featured applications in a more efficient and elegant manner.

About This Book

This book covers the major design patterns of Cocoa and includes an introduction to the Swift language. It will also get you started with the most commonly-used developer tools: Xcode and Instruments. After reading this book, you will understand these major design patterns which will enable you to understand and use Apple’s documentation – a ...

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