Chapter  32

Introducing Apple's Xcode and Developer Tools

The very tools that are used by software engineers, both inside and outside Apple, to develop applications for Mac OS X and iOS are available to you to download and use. Some of these tools are behemoth environments whose brambles are crisscrossed with the narrow paths cut by tutorials. Some are utilities useful to programmers and nonprogrammers alike. And some of these tools defy a simple explanation yet invite exploration. Whether you've bought your Mac to write the next big iPhone game or whether you're an avid novice looking for more toys to play with, the developer tools for Mac OS X are ready to flex your imagination.

In this chapter, we will cover the following:

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