Chapter 6: Using Documentation
The iOS and OS X development tools are supported by Reference Libraries, documentation that provides orientation information for new developers and describes specific features in detail.
Newcomers often assume it’s trivially easy to use the documentation. In fact, the organization and content are complex, and using the files effectively is a key developer skill.
The contents are vast. In paper form, they would require many feet of shelf space. To simplify access and to guarantee that the details are always up to date, the documentation is now stored online. You can access it using a conventional web browser, as shown in Figure 6.1, which illustrates the main iOS Developer Library access page. You can also access it via the documentation tools built into Xcode 5, which are described in the rest of this chapter.
Get Xcode 5 Developer Reference now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
