Cocoa in a Nutshell
Cocoa in a Nutshell A Desktop Quick Reference By Michael Beam, James Duncan Davidson
May 2003
Pages: 566

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Table of Contents

  1. Introducing Cocoa

    1. Chapter 1 Objective-C

      1. Objects
      2. Messaging
      3. Classes
      4. Creating Object Instances
      5. Memory Management
      6. Deallocating Objects
      7. Categories
      8. Naming Conventions

    2. Chapter 2 Foundation

      1. Data
      2. Key-Value Coding
      3. Working with Files
      4. Bundles and Resource Management
      5. Archiving Objects
      6. User Defaults
      7. Notifications
      8. Operating System Interaction
      9. Threaded Programming

    3. Chapter 3 The Application Kit

      1. AppKit Design Patterns
      2. Nibs
      3. Application Architecture
      4. Controls
      5. Menus
      6. Sheets
      7. Drawers
      8. Toolbars
      9. Event Handling
      10. Document-Based Applications

    4. Chapter 4 Drawing and Imaging

      1. The Role of Quartz
      2. Coordinate Systems
      3. Graphics Contexts
      4. Working with Paths
      5. Drawing Text
      6. Working with Color
      7. Working with Images
      8. Transformations

    5. Chapter 5 Text Handling

      1. Text System Architecture
      2. Assembling the Text System

    6. Chapter 6 Networking

      1. Hosts
      2. URL Resources
      3. Rendezvous Network Services
      4. Sockets
      5. NSFileHandle

    7. Chapter 7 Interapplication Communication

      1. NSPipe

    8. Chapter 8 Other Frameworks

      1. AddressBook
      2. The Message Framework
      3. Disc Recording Frameworks
      4. Third-Party Frameworks

  2. API Quick Reference

    1. Chapter 9 Foundation Types and Constants

      1. Data Types
      2. Enumerations
      3. Global Variables
      4. Constants
      5. Exceptions

    2. Chapter 10 Foundation Functions

      1. Assertions
      2. Bundles
      3. Byte Ordering
      4. Decimals
      5. Java Setup
      6. Hash Tables
      7. HFS File Types
      8. Map Tables
      9. Object Allocation
      10. Objective-C Runtime
      11. Path Utilities
      12. Points
      13. Ranges
      14. Rects
      15. Sizes
      16. Uncaught Exceptions
      17. Zones

    3. Chapter 11 Application Kit Types and Constants

      1. Data Types
      2. Enumerations
      3. Global Variables
      4. Exceptions

    4. Chapter 12 Application Kit Functions

      1. Accessibility
      2. Applications
      3. Events
      4. Fonts
      5. Graphics: General
      6. Graphics: Window Depth
      7. Interface Styles
      8. OpenGL
      9. Panels
      10. Pasteboards
      11. System Beep

    5. Chapter 13 Foundation Classes

    6. Chapter 14 Foundation Protocols

    7. Chapter 15 Application Kit Classes

    8. Chapter 16 Application Kit Protocols

  3. Appendix

    1. Appendix A Appendix: Resources for Cocoa Developers

      1. Apple Documentation
      2. Related Books
      3. Web Sites
      4. Mailing Lists
      5. Partnering with Apple

  1. Colophon

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