Cocoa® Programming

Chapter 3. Using Apple’s Developer Tools

IN THIS CHAPTER

• Obtaining Apple’s Developer Tools

• Project Builder

• Interface Builder

• Frameworks

• Samples

• Terminal

• Other Tools

It is not possible to describe every feature of Apple’s tools in one chapter, and the bulk of this book is dedicated to unleashing the power of Cocoa. Apple’s tools have many features in common with other developer tools. This chapter describes the major tools that Apple provides and some introductory step-by-step ways to use them. Most developers become familiar with the tools quickly and discover features not mentioned here. Some of Apple’s tools use unusual paradigms for development tasks. This chapter mentions some of those unusual aspects and assumes that the common aspects will be ...