Cocoa® Programming for Mac OS® X For Dummies®

Chapter 20. Ten Tips to Make Cocoa Programming Easier

In This Chapter

• Use keyboard shortcuts

• Read the documentation

• Use Class Browser

• Adjust the window count

• Use drag and drop

• Use init and awakeFromNib

• Don't forget the methods of the superclass

• Position items with Cocoa coordinates

• Use guidelines in Interface Builder

• Reuse code

As you familiarize yourself with Objective-C and the Cocoa frameworks, you're bound to run across various tips and tricks that you'll want to remember. This chapter attempts to reduce the amount of time you have to wait until you discover some of those tips and tricks.

Use Keyboard Shortcuts

One of the easiest ways to speed up your Cocoa programming is to take advantage of the multitude of keyboard shortcuts available to you in Xcode and Interface Builder. Table 20-1 lists some of the common keyboard shortcuts that Xcode and Interface Builder share.

Table 20.1. Keyboard Shortcuts Shared by Xcode and Interface Builder

Shortcut	What It Does
	Saves a file
	Opens a file
	Minimizes a window to the Dock
	Displays help for Xcode or Interface Builder
Creates a new file in Xcode or a new NIB file ...