Four Books on Mac OS X and iPhone Programming

Four books help beginners and professionals get started quickly with Objective-C 2.0, Core Animation and Cocoa development.

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Objective-C 2.0 - Programming for Mac OS X and iPhone

This book provides a comprehensive practical handbook for the Objective-C 2.0 programming language. The authors place the Objective-C 2.0 programming language at the centre. They assume basic programming knowledge. All examples in the book are designed for Mac OS X version 10.5 or later. Numerous practical examples illustrate the concrete use of Objective-C.

Core Animation for Mac OS X and iPhone - Creating Impressive Dynamic User Interfaces

Core Animation was introduced with Mac OS X 10.5 and offers developers outstanding possibilities for easily creating animated user interfaces for the Mac and iPhone. Bill Dudney provides a comprehensive introduction to Core Animation. Animations can therefore be added to Cocoa applications and user interfaces created quickly and easily.

Cocoa - Programming for Mac OS X

This German translation of the third edition of Aaron Hillegass’s bestseller is the standard work on Mac programming. Hillegass covers all the fundamentals required to program for the Mac with Cocoa and develop feature-rich applications for OS X. The book is a valuable resource for Mac programmers.

Cocoa Cookbook

The Cocoa Cookbook is a collection of useful recipes that make everyday work with Cocoa and the development of Cocoa applications easier. The range extends from simple beginner recipes to professional recipes in the areas of effects, animations, the Internet, communication, plug-in development, persistence, Xcode hacks, imaging, PDF and Quartz.

Objective-C 2.0

Programming for Mac OS X and iPhone

Sebastian Meyer, Torben Wichers

704 pages

ISBN 978-3-8266-5966-9

http://www.it-fachportal.de/5966

Core Animation for Mac OS X and iPhone

Creating Impressive Dynamic User Interfaces

Bill Dudney

192 pages

ISBN 978-3-8266-5054-3

http://www.it-fachportal.de/5054

Cocoa

Programming for Mac OS X

Aaron Hillegass

464 pages

ISBN 978-3-8266-5960-7

http://www.it-fachportal.de/5960

Cocoa Cookbook

Ferhat Ayaz, Jörn Hameister, Erik Meißner

352 pages

ISBN 978-3-8266-5068-0

http://www.it-fachportal.de/5068