Cocoa Programming

Scott Anguish, Sams

ISBN:0672322307, Edition: , 2002-09-20

Price: $59.99

• Main Page
• Table of content
• Copyright
• About the Authors
• Acknowledgments
• We Want to Hear From You!
• Reader Services
• Introduction
  • Intended Audience
  • Conventions
  • Learn By Example
• Part I: Overview
  • Chapter 1. Cocoa and Mac OS X
    • Understanding When to Use Cocoa
    • Understanding Cocoa's Role in Mac OS X
    • What You Need to Use Cocoa
    • What's Included in Cocoa
    • Summary
  • Chapter 2. Cocoa Language Options
    • Object Orientation
    • Java
    • Objective-C
    • Other Languages
    • Choosing a Language for Use with Cocoa
    • The Use of Objective-C in This Book
    • Summary
  • Chapter 3. Using Apple's Developer Tools
    • Obtaining Apple's Developer Tools
    • Project Builder
    • Interface Builder
    • Frameworks
    • Samples
    • Terminal
    • Other Tools
    • Summary
  • Chapter 4. Objective-C
    • Why Learn Objective-C?
    • Additions to C
    • Apple's Extensions
    • The 'NSObject' Base Class
    • Runtime Functions
    • Objective-C++
    • Summary
  • Chapter 5. Cocoa Conventions
    • Naming
    • Initializers
    • Managing Memory
    • Accessors
    • Using Memory Zones
    • Encoding and Decoding
    • Summary
  • Chapter 6. Cocoa Design Patterns
    • Understanding Design Patterns
    • A Catalog of Cocoa Design Patterns
    • Summary
• Part II: The Cocoa Frameworks
  • Chapter 7. Foundation Framework Overview
    • Mutability
    • Class Clusters
    • Typed Storage
    • Collections
    • Property Lists
    • Run Loops and Timers
    • Support Types
    • String Processing
    • Bundles
    • File System Access
    • Defaults System
    • Notifications
    • Related Core Foundation
    • Summary
  • Chapter 8. The Application Kit Framework Overview
    • Events and the Run Loop
    • Responders
    • 'NSApplication' Overview
    • 'NSWindow' Overview
    • 'NSView' Overview
    • Delegates
    • Target-Action Paradigm
    • Archived Objects and Nibs
    • 'NSWindowController' Overview
    • Multidocument Applications
    • Undo and Redo
    • Menu Validation
    • Spell Checking
    • Summary
  • Chapter 9. Applications, Windows, and Screens
    • The New Image Viewer
    • Working with 'NSWindow'
    • Working with 'NSApplication'
    • Modal Loops
    • Working with Sheets
    • Working with Drawers
    • Working with Screens
    • Working with Panels
    • Summary
  • Chapter 10. Views and Controls
    • Controls
    • Simple Views and Controls
    • Container Views and Controls
    • Compound Controls
    • Summary
  • Chapter 11. The Cocoa Text System
    • Using the High-Level Text Classes
    • The Text System Architecture
    • Managing Fonts
    • Text Input
    • Summary
  • Chapter 12. Custom Views and Graphics Part I
    • The Quartz Graphics Model
    • Quartz Graphics Via the Application Kit
    • Using the 'NSBezierPath' Class
    • Modifying Drawing
    • Summary
  • Chapter 13. Custom Views and Graphics Part II
    • Using 'NSGraphicsContext'
    • Coordinate System Transformations
    • Drawing Points and Rectangles
    • Optimizing Drawing
    • Summary
  • Chapter 14. Custom Views and Graphics Part III
    • Images and Bitmaps
    • Drawing Text
    • Summary
  • Chapter 15. Events and Cursors
    • Event Handling in Custom 'NSView' Subclasses
    • Managing Cursors
    • Summary
  • Chapter 16. Menus
    • Standard Menu Layouts
    • 'NSMenu' Class
    • 'NSMenuItem' Class
    • Menu Validation
    • Contextual Menus
    • Dock Menus
    • Deprecated Functionality
    • Summary
  • Chapter 17. Color
    • 'NSColor' Class
    • Color Wells
    • Color Panels
    • Customizing the Color Panel
    • 'NSColorList' Class
    • Summary
  • Chapter 18. Advanced Views and Controls
    • 'NSTableView', 'NSOutlineView', and 'NSBrowser' Concepts
    • Table Views
    • Outline Views
    • Browsers
    • Combo Boxes
    • Custom Controls
    • Toolbars
    • Status Bars
    • 'NSQuickDrawView' Class
    • Summary
  • Chapter 19. Using Pasteboards
    • Pasteboard Concepts
    • Implementing Cut, Copy, and Paste
    • Implementing Drag and Drop
    • Implementing Services
    • Summary
  • Chapter 20. Adding Online Help
    • Apple Help
    • ToolTips
    • Context-Sensitive Help ('NSHelpManager')
    • Summary
  • Chapter 21. Multimedia
    • Sound
    • QuickTime
    • 3D Graphics
    • Summary
  • Chapter 22. Integrating with the Operating System
    • Getting System Information
    • Authentication and Security
    • Communicating with the Workspace
    • Summary
  • Chapter 23. Networking
    • 'NSURL' and 'NSURLHandle'
    • Email Messages
    • Directory Services
    • Interapplication Programming
    • Summary
  • Chapter 24. Subprocesses and Threads
    • Choosing Between Subprocesses and Threads
    • Using the 'NSTask' Class
    • Using the 'NSThread' Class
    • Locking
    • Threading Issues
    • Summary
  • Chapter 25. Printing
    • Basic Printing
    • Overview of the Printing Classes
    • 'NSView''s Printing Support
    • Printing and Pagination Example
    • Printing in 'NSDocument'-Based Applications
    • Summary
• Part III: Cocoa Techniques
  • Chapter 26. Application Requirements, Design, and Documentation
    • Designing an Application with Requirements
    • Designing TransparentTetris
    • Implementing the Design
    • Using AutoDoc
    • Summary
  • Chapter 27. Creating Custom Frameworks
    • Creating and Using a Framework
    • Header Files
    • Providing Backward Compatibility
    • Debugging Frameworks
    • Summary
  • Chapter 28. Distributing Applications
    • Package Directories
    • Using Disk Images
    • Application Installation
    • Summary
• Part IV: Appendixes
  • Appendix A. Unleashing the Objective-C Runtime
    • Objective-C Objects
    • Messaging with 'IMP's and Selectors
    • Common Runtime Functions
    • Forwarding, Distributed Objects, and Proxies
    • Examples
    • Summary
  • Appendix B. Optimizing and Finding Memory Leaks
    • Optimizing Applications
    • Finding Memory Leaks
    • Summary
  • Appendix C. Finding Third-Party Resources
    • Apple-Provided Documentation
    • Example Code
    • Web Sites
    • Mailing Lists
    • Summary
  • Appendix D. Cocoa Additions in Mac OS X Version 10.2
    • Quartz Extreme
    • Handwriting Recognition
    • Address Book and vCard
    • Universal Access
    • Updated Tools
    • Framework Enhancements
    • Summary
• Index
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  • Index B
  • Index C
  • Index D
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