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Cocoa® Programming for Mac OS® X For Dummies®

Name: Cocoa® Programming for Mac OS® X For Dummies®
Author: Erick Tejkowski
ISBN: 9780470432891

by Erick Tejkowski

February 2009

Beginner

408 pages

7h 53m

English

For Dummies

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Copyright
About the Author
Author's Acknowledgments
Publisher's Acknowledgments
Introduction
About This BookConventions Used in This BookFoolish AssumptionsHow this Book Is OrganizedPart I: Developer ToolsPart II: Instant Cocoa and the Objective-C LanguagePart III: Putting It All Together: Cocoa Programming in DepthPart IV: Advanced Cocoa TopicsPart V: The Part of TensIcons Used in This BookWhere to Go From Here
I. Developer Tools
1. A Brief Tour of Cocoa Development
1.1. Mac OS X Is a Programmer's Dream1.2. Why Program with Cocoa?1.3. The Tools You Need1.3.1. Xcode1.3.2. Interface Builder
2. Creating Your First Cocoa Application
2.1. Creating a Cocoa Application in Six Simple Steps2.2. Beginning a Project2.2.1. Thinking of an idea2.2.2. Getting started with your Cocoa project2.3. Building an Interface2.3.1. Adding controls to the interface2.3.2. Wiring the interface2.3.2.1. Creating classes2.3.2.2. Adding outlets2.3.2.3. Adding an action2.3.2.4. Adding the class to the interface2.3.3. Making connections2.4. Adding Code to Make Your App Work2.5. Debugging and Building the Application
3. Xcode
3.1. Xcode: The Core of Apple's Development Tools3.2. Customizing Xcode Preferences3.3. Working with Project Files3.3.1. Class models3.3.2. File comments3.3.3. Using favorites to speed up development3.4. Debugging Your Project3.4.1. Adding breakpoints3.4.2. Stepping through the debugger3.4.3. Fixing the code3.4.4. Removing breakpoints3.5. Where to Go for Help3.6. Building an Application
4. Interface Builder
4.1. A Tour of Interface Builder4.1.1. The interface builder project window4.1.2. Design window4.1.3. Library window4.1.4. Inspector window4.1.5. Menu editor window4.2. The Interface Building Process4.2.1. Adding a pop-up menu4.2.2. Adding a menu4.2.3. Creating a Controller class4.2.4. Connecting the interface4.3. Using an Interface in Xcode

5. Putting Polishing Touches on Your Application
5.1. Adding an About Panel5.1.1. Setting an icon5.1.2. Setting the name or title5.1.3. Displaying a version number, a copyright date, and credits5.2. Assigning an Icon to Your Project5.2.1. Icon Composer5.2.2. Managing your icons5.3. Creating a Disk Image for Distribution
II. Instant Cocoa and the Objective-C Language
6. The Basics of Objective-C
6.1. Why Use Object-Oriented Programming?6.2. Class Is No Object!6.2.1. Declaring instance variables6.2.2. Declaring methods6.2.3. Defining methods in an interface file6.3. Coding in Objective-C6.3.1. Sending messages to objects6.3.2. Passing parameters6.3.3. Returning values6.3.4. Instantiating an object6.3.5. Managing memory6.4. Working with Your Own Classes6.4.1. Defining the class6.4.2. Implementing the class6.4.3. Using the class6.4.4. Testing
7. MVC Design
7.1. Taking a Look at MVC Design7.2. Building a Project with an MVC Design7.2.1. Adding a View7.2.2. Adding a Controller
8. A Window with a View
8.1. Working with Windows8.1.1. Opening and closing a window8.1.2. Hiding and showing a window8.1.3. Positioning windows8.1.4. Keeping track of windows8.1.5. Putting windows to work for you8.2. Changing the Appearance of Windows8.2.1. Using different windows for different tasks8.2.2. Sizing up your windows8.2.3. Setting a window's title8.2.4. Windows that you can see through8.3. Beneath the Sheets8.4. Responding to Window Events by Delegating Authority
9. Working with Interface Controls
9.1. Button Controls9.1.1. Push button9.1.2. Round button9.1.3. Check box9.1.4. Square and rounded bevel buttons9.2. Radio Control9.3. Slider Control9.4. Tab Views9.5. Making Progress at the Bar9.6. Table Control
10. Cocoa Data Types
10.1. Working with Numbers10.2. Working with Arrays10.2.1. NSArray10.2.2. NSMutableArray10.3. Working with Boolean Data Types10.4. Working with Dates
III. Putting It All Together: Cocoa Programming in Depth
11. Text
11.1. Working with Text11.1.1. Building an interface11.1.2. Adding a controller class11.1.3. Wiring the interface11.1.4. Adding the code11.2. Doing Style the Easy Way!11.3. Manipulating Text11.3.1. Pasteboard manipulations11.3.2. Manual editing11.4. Saving Text for a Rainy Day11.5. Retrieving Text
12. Graphics
12.1. Cocoa and the Art of Graphics12.1.1. Points12.1.2. Rects and sizes12.1.3. Colors12.1.3.1. Using convenience colors12.1.3.2. Using device-dependent color spaces12.2. Building a Graphics Interface12.3. Painting with Lines and Shapes12.3.1. Starting with Beziér paths12.3.2. Filling a path12.3.3. Drawing a path12.3.4. Creating fancy-pants paths12.4. Drawing Text12.5. Displaying an Image
13. Managing Your Files
13.1. About Files and Folders in Mac OS X13.2. Opening and Using Files13.2.1. Building the interface13.2.2. Creating a Controller class13.2.3. Open sesame ...er, panel13.2.4. Finding a file's path, name, and more13.2.5. Viewing a file's icon13.2.6. Reading from and writing to documents13.3. Working with Files and Folders13.3.1. Copying files and folders13.3.2. Moving files and folders13.3.3. Deleting files and folders13.3.4. Creating folders
14. Printing with Cocoa
14.1. How Printing Works in Cocoa14.2. Tweaking the Page Settings14.3. Setting Up the Print Job and Printing the View14.4. Printing to Places Other Than a Printer
15. Cocoa on the Internet
15.1. Interacting with the Web15.1.1. Loading a Web page in a browser15.1.2. Downloading files15.1.3. Building a Web browser15.2. Sending E-Mail from a Cocoa Application15.2.1. Sending e-mail from your favorite client15.2.2. Sending e-mail from your own apps15.2.3. Adding e-mail functions to the project
16. Multimedia
16.1. Listening to Audio16.1.1. Playing system sounds16.1.2. Loading and playing sound files16.1.3. Building a simple audio player16.1.3.1. Adding stop functionality16.1.3.2. Connecting the actions to the interface16.2. Watching Movies with Cocoa16.2.1. QTMovie16.2.2. QTMovieView16.2.3. Building a simple movie player16.2.4. When a movie isn't a movie
IV. Advanced Cocoa Topics
17. Document-Based Applications
17.1. Creating a Document-Based Project17.2. Building the Interface for a Document-Based Project17.3. Adding the Code
18. Cocoa Bindings
18.1. What Are Bindings?18.2. Starting a Project with Bindings18.3. Making Your Bindings Work: KVC and KVO18.4. Implementing Bindings
19. Core Data
19.1. What's So Great about Core Data Anyway?19.2. Creating a Core Data Project19.3. Defining the Model19.4. Building the Interface
V. The Part of Tens
20. Ten Tips to Make Cocoa Programming Easier
20.1. Use Keyboard Shortcuts20.2. Read the Documentation20.3. Use Class Browser20.4. Adjust the Window Count20.5. Use Drag and Drop20.6. Initialize and Awaken!20.7. Remember the Superclass20.8. Position Items with Cocoa Coordinates20.9. Use Guidelines in Interface Builder20.10. Reuse Your Code
21. Ten Great Web Sites for Cocoa Developers
21.1. Apple Developer Connection21.2. Borkware Quickies21.3. Cocoa Is My Girlfriend21.4. Theocacao21.5. Call Me Fishmeal21.6. Domain of the Bored21.7. Dan Wood: The Eponymous Weblog21.8. Apple Forums21.9. Cocoa Dev Central21.10. CocoaDev

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Chapter 12. Graphics

In This Chapter

Defining colors
Creating a custom view
Drawing rectangles and ovals
Painting irregular shapes
Creating text
Displaying images

From the beautiful fonts in a word processor to the shiny Finder interface, the Mac OS has always prided itself on fantastic looking graphics. Mac OS X is no different. With its sophisticated Quartz graphics engine, Mac OS X can produce stunning graphics. Cocoa gives you direct access to these powerful features of Mac OS X.

This chapter covers the basics of working with graphics in Cocoa. You create a custom view for displaying your graphics and draw on it with a variety of colors, shapes, and images. You even write code to change the opacity of your graphics, giving them the coveted see-through look.

Cocoa and the Art of Graphics

Before jumping head first into graphics, you need to familiarize yourself with a few important Cocoa data types: NSPoint, NSRect, NSSize, and NSColor. You need them to do any type of graphics programming in Cocoa, so they make a good starting point.

Points

Just like in geometry, Cocoa uses points to designate positions on a square grid. To work with points in Cocoa, you use an NSPoint structure. NSPoint is a structure comprised of two floats (x and y, respectively). Quartz, the graphics engine on the Mac OS, defines the bottom-left corner of a view as the origin (0,0). The x value increases as you move to the right. The y value increases as you advance up.

Note

The bottom-left origin is different than what ...

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