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Beginning OS X Lion Apps Development

Apress
  • Beginning OS X Lion Apps Development begins with the basics of Objective-C and Cocoa, and then moves through all the topics necessary to build and publish your first successful Mac apps!

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
  2. Starting to Build a Graphing Calculator

    • Michael Privat, Robert Warner
    Pages 1-35
  3. Laying Out the User Interface

    • Michael Privat, Robert Warner
    Pages 37-72
  4. Handling User Input

    • Michael Privat, Robert Warner
    Pages 73-117
  5. Pimp My UI

    • Michael Privat, Robert Warner
    Pages 119-182
  6. User Preferences and the File System

    • Michael Privat, Robert Warner
    Pages 183-216
  7. Using Core Data

    • Michael Privat, Robert Warner
    Pages 217-246
  8. Integrating Graphique into the Mac OS X Desktop

    • Michael Privat, Robert Warner
    Pages 247-288
  9. Creating Help

    • Michael Privat, Robert Warner
    Pages 289-306
  10. Printing

    • Michael Privat, Robert Warner
    Pages 307-322
  11. Submitting to the Mac App Store

    • Michael Privat, Robert Warner
    Pages 323-363
  12. Back Matter

    Pages 365-374

About this book

With the Mac App Store launch in early 2011, a new age in Mac development began. Look for many of the cool apps for iPhone and iPad coming to an iMac or MacBook Pro near you!

Beginning OS X Lion Apps Development explains how to develop OS X Lion-based apps and publish them in the Mac App Store. It begins with the basics of Objective-C and Cocoa, and then moves through all the topics necessary to build and publish your first successful Mac apps!  

  • Get started with Objective-C and Xcode
  • Build your first complete apps that integrate well with Mac OS X
  • Publish your apps on the Mac App Store

If you're new to Mac or new to iPhone or iPad apps development, and looking to develop apps for the Macbook Pro or Mac desktop, this book is for you!

About the authors

Rob Warner is a senior technical staff member for Availity, LLC, based in Jacksonville, Florida, where he works with various teams and technologies to deliver solutions in the healthcare sector. He co-authored emThe Definitive Guide to SWT and JFace/em (Apress, 2004), and he blogs at a href="http://www.Grailbox.com"Grailbox.com/a. He earned his bachelor s degree in English from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. He lives in Jacksonville with his wife, Sherry, and their five children.

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eBook USD 29.99
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Softcover Book USD 39.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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