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Beginning Mac OS X Programming
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Chapter 1: The Mac OS X Environment
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Every Mac OS X system comes with all the essentials required for
programming: free development tools, resources, and utilities. However,
finding the place to begin may be challenging, especially if you have
no prior development knowledge. This comprehensive guide offers you an
ideal starting point to writing programs on Mac OS X, with coverage of
the latest release - 1.4 "Tiger."
With its hands-on approach, the book examines a particular element and
then presents step-by-step instructions that walk you through how to
use that element when programming. You'll quickly learn how to
efficiently start writing programs on Mac OS X using languages such as
C, Objective-C(r), and AppleScript(r), technologies such as Carbon(r)
and Cocoa(r), and other Unix tools. In addition, you'll discover
techniques for incorporating the languages in order to create seamless
applications. All the while, you can follow along on your own system so
that you'll be prepared to apply your new Mac OS X skills to real-world
projects.
What you will learn from this book:
* The major role the new Xcode plays in streamlining Mac OS X development
* The process for designing a graphical user interface on Mac OS X that conforms to Apple's guidelines
* How to write programs in the C and Objective-C programming languages
* The various scripting languages available on the Mac OS X system and what tasks each one is best suited to perform
* How to write shell scripts that interact with pre-installed command-line tools
Who this book is for:
This book is for novice programmers who want to get started writing
programs that run on Mac OS X. Experienced programmers who are new to
the Mac will also find this book to be a useful overview of the Mac
development environment.
Wrox Beginning guides are crafted to make learning programming
languages and technologies easier than you think, providing a
structured, tutorial format that will guide you through all the
techniques involved.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
Part I: Mac OS X Developer Resources.
Chapter 1: The Mac OS X Environment.
Chapter 2: Developer Tools.
Chapter 3: Xcode.
Chapter 4: Interface Builder.
Part II: Application Programming.
Chapter 5: The Application.
Chapter 6: The C Language.
Chapter 7: The Objective-C Language.
Chapter 8: Using the Cocoa Frameworks.
Chapter 9: Using the Carbon Frameworks.
Part III: Script Programming.
Chapter 10: Overview of Scripting Languages.
Chapter 11: The Bash Shell.
Chapter 12: AppleScript and AppleScript Studio.
Chapter 13: Using Scripts Within Applications.
Appendix A: Exercise Answers.
Appendix B: Developer Resources.
Appendix C: Developer Tools Roadmap.
Index.
About the Authors
Michael Trent
has been programming in Objective-C since1997 and programming Macs
since well before that. He is a regular contributor to Steven Frank’s
www.cocoadev.com website, technical reviewer for numerous books and
magazine articles, and occasional dabbler in Mac OS X open source
projects. Currently, he is using Objective-C and Apple Computer’s Cocoa
frameworks to build professional and consumer applications for Mac OS
X. Michael holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and a
Bachelor of Arts in Music from Beloit College of Beloit, Wisconsin. He
lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with his family.
Drew McCormack has a Ph.D. in Chemical Physics and works as a
computational scientist in the Theoretical Chemistry group at the Free
University in Amsterdam. He is involved in developing the Quantum
Chemistry software ADF (www.scm.com), which is run the world over on
computers ranging from desktop Macs to massive supercomputers. He
programs regularly in Python, C++, Objective-C, Fortran, and Bash, and
in his spare time develops the Cocoa financial software Trade
Strategist (www.trade-strategist.com). Drew maintains the Maniacal
Extent website—a reference to the chaotic dimension, time—which details his various interests and activities (www.maniacalextent.com).
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