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Mac Application Development by Example: Beginner's Guide

By : Robert Wiebe
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Mac Application Development by Example: Beginner's Guide

By: Robert Wiebe

Overview of this book

It's never been more important to have the ability to develop an App for Mac OS X. Whether it's a System Preference, a business app that accesses information in the Cloud, or an application that uses multi-touch or uses a camera, you will have a solid foundation in app development to get the job done.Mac Application Development by Example takes you through all the aspects of using the Xcode development tool to produce complete working apps that cover a broad range of topics. This comprehensive book on developing applications covers everything a beginner needs to know and demonstrates the concepts using examples that take advantage of some of the most interesting hardware and software features available.You will discover the fundamental aspects of OS X development while investigating innovative platform features to create a final product which take advantage of the unique aspects of OS X.Learn how to use Xcode tools to create and share Mac OS X apps. Explore numerous OS X features including iCloud, multi-touch trackpad, and the iSight camera.This book provides you with an illustrated and annotated guide to bring your idea to life using fundamental concepts that work on Mac.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Mac Application Development by Example Beginner's Guide
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

What are the benefits of joining the Mac developer program?


When we register as a Mac developer, which is free, we automatically get access to some great resources, which include the following:

  • Access to Development Videos, including World Wide Developer Conferences sessions.

  • Access to the Mac OS X Developer Library.

  • Access to the Apple bug reporter system.

  • Access to pre-release (beta) software.

  • The opportunity to join a paid developer program.

    It only makes sense to join a paid developer program if the benefits out weigh the costs (which can be as low as $99/year). The benefits we get by joining the Mac developer program are as follows:

    • Access to developer forums

    • Code level technical support

    • Access to iCloud services

    • A developer ID for Gatekeeper

    • The ability to distribute our App through the Mac App store

Access to Development Videos, including World Wide Developer Conferences sessions

Apple produces many developer level videos, but the best of these are the videos of the World Wide Developer Conference...