What you'll learn from this book:
-How Dashboard widgets are an integral part of Tiger
-The different development environment options available
-How to use logging, printing, and JavaScript console in Safari to debug your widget
-The activation, control, and focus events that provide the widget with a Mac-like user interface
-The access keys that allow a widget to incorporate command-line utilities and network resources.
Who this book is for:
This book id for anyone who wants to create Dashboard widgets or modify existing ones. A basic understanding of a scripting or programming language is beneficial
Part 1: An Introduction to Wdgets
Chapter 1: Tiger, Dashboard, and Widgets
Chapter 2: The Basic of Widgetry
Chapter 3: Widgets Development Environment
Chapter 4: Creating a Widget
Chapter 5: Debugging and Testing
Part 2: Providing Using Interaction
Chapter 6: Giving a Widget Preferences
Chapter 7: Widget Events
Chapter 8: Adding Cut, Copy, and Paste To your Widget
etc.