Cocoa® Programming

Introduction

Software development for Mac OS X can be a great joy. The advanced programming tools and frameworks now provided by Apple astound many programmers. When programmers delve into the object-oriented technology called Cocoa, which is part of every Mac OS X system, they often describe the experience as life-changing. Claims of massive productivity increases are common. Developers describe Cocoa as eye-opening. Cocoa demonstrates the true power of object-oriented programming in a way that few programmers have experienced when using other technologies. Cocoa enables programmers to focus on the unique value of their applications by eliminating almost all the drudgery traditionally necessary when making complex graphical applications. The ...