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Learn Cocoa on the Mac Second Edition

by Jack Nutting (Author), Peter Clark (Author)
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The Cocoa frameworks are some of the most powerful for creating native OS X apps available today. However, for a first-time Mac developer, just firing up Xcode 4 and starting to browse the documentation can be a daunting and frustrating task. The Objective-C class reference documentation alone would fill thousands of printed pages, not to mention all the other tutorials and guides included with Xcode. Where do you start? Which classes are you going to need to use? How do you use Xcode and the rest of the tools?

Learn Cocoa for the Mac, Second Edition, completely revised for OS X Mountain Lion and XCode 4, answers these questions and more, helping you find your way through the jungle of classes, tools, and new concepts so that you can get started on the next great OS X app today. Jack Nutting and Peter Clark are your guides through this forest; Jack and Peter have lived here for years, and will show you which boulder to push, which vine to chop, and which stream to float across in order to make it through. You will learn not only how to use the components of this rich framework, but also which of them fit together, and why.

Jack Nutting’s approach, combining pragmatic problem-solving with a deep respect for the underlying design philosophies contained within Cocoa, stems from years of experience using these frameworks. Peter Clark will show you which parts of your app require you to jump in and code a solution, and which parts are best served by letting Cocoa take you where it wants you to go. The path over what looks like a mountain of components and APIs has never been more thoroughly prepared for your travels. In each chapter, you’ll build an app that explores one or more areas of the Cocoa landscape. With Jack’s and Peter's guidance, the steep learning curve becomes a pleasurable adventure. There is still much work for the uninitiated, but by the time you’re done, you will be well onyour way to becoming a Cocoa master.

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    978-1430245421
  3. Edition
    Second
  4. Publication date
    May 27, 2013
  5. Language
    English
  6. Dimensions
    7.52 x 0.96 x 9.25 inches
  7. Print length
    442 pages
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Jack Nutting has been using Cocoa since the olden days, long before it was even called Cocoa. He has used Cocoa and its predecessors to develop software for a wide range of industries and applications, including gaming, graphic design, online digital distribution, telecommunications, finance, publishing, and travel. When he is not working on Mac or iOS projects, he is developing web applications with Ruby on Rails. Nutting is a passionate proponent of Objective-C and the Cocoa frameworks. At the drop of a hat, he will speak at length on the virtues of dynamic dispatch and run time class manipulations to anyone who will listen (and even to some who won t). Nutting is the primary author of Learn Cocoa on the Mac (Apress, 2010) and Beginning iPad Development for iPhone Developers (Apress, 2010). He blogs from time to time at Nuthole.com.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Apress
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 27, 2013
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ Second
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 442 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1430245425
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1430245421
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.65 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.52 x 0.96 x 9.25 inches
  • Best Sellers Rank: #8,465,345 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.3 out of 5 stars (9)

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    Peter Clark is Director of Engineering for FastBridge Learning, an edutech spinoff from the University of Minnesota. Prior to that, he was an Engineering Manager for Code42 Software. He also spent time as the Director of Software Development for the Terra Populus project at the Minnesota Population Center at the University of Minnesota. Before joining the Minnesota Population Center, Clark worked in the private sector as a software developer for a small software startup that you've never heard of and is now out of business, an engineering manager for a dotcom-era technology company named Net Perceptions (which was a fun rollercoaster ride on the way up, and not-so-much-fun on the way down), and as a software engineer for Sun Microsystems and a small consulting company that you also haven't heard of, where he spent time building NeXTStep and OpenStep apps. He's hopeful that the number of dead companies on his resume won't be growing.

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  • P
    5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Book!
    Reviewed in the United States on November 9, 2014
    Format: Paperback
    This is fantastic introduction to programming Cocoa on the Mac OS X.

    With any technical book, the most important issues are the target audience, the order material is presented and quality of the material. This book is targeted for individuals want to learn Cocoa who have very little experience. As such, the book has many pictures, screen shots and explanations in the text to create the examples in a step by step fashion. It gives a broad outline of the capabilities of the Cocoa framework and how to utilize it. The initial chapters are basic introductions that quickly move through bindings, Core Data, drawing, file functions, and even multitasking. The chapters are dense with ideas. But the concepts are explained completely.

    I have experience programming as hobby. I know Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications, some perl, some AppleScript and some C. I wanted to learn to write some programs for my Mac. I read an Object C book by Kochan (Programming in Objective-C (6th Edition) (Developer's Library) Paperback – December 13, 2013
    by Stephen G. Kochan (Author) which is fantastic by the way!) , another introduction to Cocoa programming book and few other filler books. But this one was the best to pull all the ideas together. It has the best explanation of using Cocoa bindings for tables i have come across. It does a great job with introduction to Core Data and file storage. I do not recall running across any errors in the book examples. I did type all the code examples myself.

    I really liked the use of multiple small program examples to illustrate concepts. Some books use the entire book to build an application. However, in this book most chapters contain the entire program. Each chapter begins a new program and example. This is really great because you explore different areas each time and when I want to go back to review I just pull up the completed program to review the chapters ideas. So after finishing this book, I have a director full of all the chapter examples. If I want to review binding I go to the program for the chapter and review the code.

    Finally, I had a question about one of the programs regarding use of an NSDictionary and an array controller. The authors provided their email and have website set up to support the book. So I thought I might email them directly. I could not believe it but I received a reply within hours and it was a Sunday!

    Thank you for a wonderful book. I learned an immense amount.
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  • Gordio
    3.0 out of 5 stars Pacing issues
    Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2013
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    I am not liking this book. The book crams way too many concepts into each chapter. If your code doesn't work, you won't even know where to look because you learned too many things simultaneously and have no idea what you may've done right and where you may've gone wrong.

    I understand that maybe the author is trying to put context in the code you're being taught, to make the lesson more interesting and fun, but one of the earlier chapters, it backfired because you had to utilize code that may be too difficult if you're a beginner and amateur.
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  • CH
    2.0 out of 5 stars Too basic
    Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2013
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    I was looking for something more comprehensive, with information on cocoa, not the basics of how to build a cocoa app. More depth, less tutorial for absolute beginners. but not in this book. I suppose for a newbie this would be a good place to start, but for an experienced cocoa developer it's just too basic.
    2 people found this helpful
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  • Steve J.
    5.0 out of 5 stars Best Cocoa Book I've Found
    Reviewed in the United States on August 25, 2013
    Format: Paperback
    If you're looking to build applications for the Mac app store, this book will serve you well. Personally, I had a lot of trouble picking up XCode and the Cocoa APIs from Apple's documentation -- there were too many moments I was scratching my head because something wasn't spelled out. This book pulled everything together for me. The best part is that this book was recently updated, so (unlike another book I read) there weren't the "huh, this doesn't match up to the documentation/UI/etc." moments.

    If you're an expert with Cocoa, this book isn't for you. If you're a new Mac programmer, or getting back into it again after many years (as I was), I think you'll find this as useful as I did.
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  • pb
    1.0 out of 5 stars code examples fail to build with xcode 6.2
    Reviewed in France on March 25, 2015
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    The code examples ([...]) fail to build with XCode 6.2. These examples are assumed to be built with XCode 4.6 (2013).
    i hope that working code examples with XCode 6.2 will be soon available on [...] .
    Most of the figures in the book (low resolution snapshots) are not readable.
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  • Bio Adventurer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great book.
    Reviewed in Canada on January 14, 2015
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    One of favourite books on cocoa.
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  • bob Weeks
    4.0 out of 5 stars Coming from an IOS to MacOS A good book. A few times it said just do ...
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 10, 2018
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    Coming from an IOS to MacOS A good book. A few times it said just do this and that which should have shown an example or explained in a little better but well written and got me through my first few apps.
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  • David
    3.0 out of 5 stars Three Stars
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 4, 2015
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    Not bad, but Xcode changes so often that books can't keep up with it.
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