Cocoa® Programming

Chapter 8. The Application Kit Framework Overview

IN THIS CHAPTER

• 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

The Application Kit contains most of the classes that provide user interfaces and graphics for Cocoa applications. The Application Kit uses the Foundation framework extensively, and is very large. Much of the rest of this book is dedicated to unleashing its power. This chapter focuses on the key concepts and techniques employed to provide Cocoa user interfaces. These key concepts might be unfamiliar even to experienced developers accustomed to ...