Chapter 5: Putting Polishing Touches on Your Application.
Part II: Instant Cocoa and the Objective-C Language.
Chapter 6: The Basics of Objective-C.
Chapter 7: MVC Design.
Chapter 8: A Window with a View.
Chapter 9: Working with Interface Controls.
Chapter 10: Cocoa Data Types.
Part III: Putting It All Together: Cocoa Programming inDepth.
Chapter 11: Text.
Chapter 12: Graphics.
Chapter 13: Managing Your Files.
Chapter 14: Printing with Cocoa.
Chapter 15: Cocoa on the Internet.
Chapter 16: Multimedia.
Part IV: Advanced Cocoa Topics.
Chapter 17: Document-Based Applications.
Chapter 18: Cocoa Bindings.
Chapter 19: Core Data.
Part V: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 20: Ten Tips to Make Cocoa Programming Easier.
Chapter 21: Ten Great Web Sites for Cocoa Developers.
Index.
Cocoa programming is not only the favored development environmentfor Mac OS X, it's also a primary tool for creating iPhoneand iPod Touch software. That makes this a great time to learnCocoa, and Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X For Dummies is theideal place to start!
This book gives you a solid foundation in Cocoa and the unusualsyntax of Objective-C. You'll learn what's new in Cocoaframeworks and create an application step by step. For example, youcan: See how Xcode underlies your applications as the main componentof Apple's IDE Examine the basics of the Objective-C language, the elements ofa Cocoa interface, and object-oriented programming Use Xcode and Interface Builder Spruce up your apps with audio, video, Internet features,stylized text, and more Create applications with the stunning graphics for which Macsare famous See how to build apps with multiple documents and evenexecutables that aren't traditional Mac apps Use all the exciting new Cocoa features Work with Cocoa numbers, arrays, Booleans, and dates Build document-based applications Simplify with key-value coding
The better you understand Cocoa programming, the better theapplications you can create for Mac OS X, iPhone, and iPod Touch.Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X For Dummies makes it easy andfun!
Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials arenot included as part of eBook file.
Erick Tejkowski was still in elementary school when he began helping to instruct teachers on Apple computers. As a professional developer, he has designed software for clients as varied as Chicken of the Sea, Energizer, Nextel, Edys-Dreyers, Rigid Medical, and Leap Pad.
