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.
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
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.