Table of Contents

Introduction

I. Overview

1. Introduction to Mac OS X

Darwin

UNIX

File Systems

Industry Standard Protocols

Quartz

OpenGL

QuickTime

Classic (OS 9)

Carbon

Cocoa

Java

Aqua

Software

Conclusion

2. Introduction to Programming in Mac OS X

Programming Languages

Objective-C

Java

Tools

Debugging

Source Control

Developer Utilities

Command-Line Developer Utilities

Frameworks

Conclusion

II. Application Level

3. Cocoa Applications

The Result

The Project

First Things First: Copyrights and Credits

First Things First: Other Info.plist Entries

First Things First: Application and Document Icons

Interface Builder

Main

MyDocument

RadarView

Application Preferences

Try This

Conclusion

4. Cocoa Plug-ins

The Results

The First Project: plistPlugin

The Plug-ins: What

The Plug-ins: Where

The Plug-ins: How

SearchWindowController

The Second Project: MyNSBP_App and MyNSBP_Plugin

The Host Application: Overview

The Plugin: Overview

The Host Application: Detail

The Plug-in Protocol

The Plug-in: Detail

A Word About Symbol Collisions

Try This

Conclusion

5. Carbon Plug-ins

The Results

The CFPlugin Project

What Is a UUID?

The CFPlugin Project Source Code

The Plug-in Interface

The Plug-in Main Function

The CFPluginCarbonApp Host Application Project

The CFPluginCocoaApp Host Application Project

Try This

Conclusion

6. Frameworks

Apple Frameworks

Third-Party Frameworks

OmniBase

OmniFoundation

OmniNetworking

OmniAppKit

OWF

OmniHTML

The Result

The Carbon Framework Project

The Cocoa Framework Project

The Cocoa Application Project

Try This

Conclusion

III. Enhancing the System

7. System Services

The Result

The Project

The Project Settings

The Source Code

The Application Connection

Try This

Conclusion

8. System Preference Panes

The Result

The Project

The Project Settings

The Nib File

The Source Code

More NSPreferencePane

Try This

Conclusion

9. Status Items

The Result

The Project

The Project Settings

The Nib File

The Source Code

Try This

Conclusion

10. Screen Effects

The Result

The Project

The Project Settings

The Nib File

The Source Code

Try This

Conclusion

11. Color Pickers

The Result

The Project

The Project Settings

The Nib File

The Source Code

Try This

Conclusion

IV. Advanced Methods

12. Threads

The Result

The Project

The Project Settings

The Nib File

The Source Code

Serial Versus Parallel

Thread Priority

Thread Data

Try This

Conclusion

13. Terminal

The Result

The Project

The Project Settings

The Nib File

The Source Code

Uptime

Ping

Try This

Conclusion

14. XML-RPC

The Result

The PHP Server

The PHP Client

The Cocoa Client

The Project Settings

The Nib File

The Source Code

Try This

Conclusion

15. SOAP

The Result

The PHP Server

The PHP Client

The Cocoa Client

The Project Settings

The Nib File

The Source Code

Try This

Conclusion

16. Snippets

Calling Carbon from Cocoa

Drawing with QuickDraw in a Cocoa Application

Displaying the Username

Finding a User's Home Directory

Finding Application Support Directories

Display Alert Panel and Write to Log

Updating the Application's Dock Image

Updating the Application's Dock Menu

Open a URL

Get the Icon of a File

Scrolling About Box

Checking Network Status

Checking for Modifier Keys

Executing AppleScripts via URL

Defaults

Find

Sample

Localizing Your Cocoa Application

CURLHandle

Conclusion

17. Conclusion

V. Appendixes

A. Source Code

Chapter 3—RadarWatcher

AppController.h

AppController.m

main.m

MyDocument.h

MyDocument.m

PreferenceController.h

PreferenceController.m

RadarView.h

RadarView.m

Chapter 4—MyNSBP_App

MyNSBP_Protocol.h

AppController.h

AppController.m

ImageWindowController.h

ImageWindowController.m

main.m

Chapter 4—MyNSBP_Desaturate

MyNSBP_Desaturate.h

MyNSBP_Desaturate.m

Chapter 4—MyNSBP_RemoveColor

MyNSBP_RemoveColor.h

MyNSBP_RemoveColor.m

SettingsController.h

SettingsController.m

Chapter 4—plistPlugin

AppController.h

AppController.m

main.m

SearchWindowController.h

SearchWindowController.m

Google.plist

Overture.plist

Yahoo.plist

Chapter 5—CFPlugin

main.c

Chapter 5—CFPluginCarbonApp

main.c

Chapter 5—CFPluginCocoaApp

AppController.h

AppController.m

main.m

Chapter 5—Shared

MyCFCallPlugin.c

MyCFCallPlugin.h

MyCFPluginInterface.h

Chapter 6—MyCarbonFramework

MyCarbonFramework.c

MyCarbonFramework.h

Chapter 6—MyCocoaFramework

MyCocoaFramework.h

MyCocoaFramework.m

Chapter 6—MyCocoaApp

AppController.h

AppController.m

main.m

Chapter 7—MyTextService

main.m

MyTextService.h

MyTextService.m

Chapter 8—MyPreferencePane

MyPreferencePanePref.h

MyPreferencePanePref.m

Chapter 9—MyStatusItem

AppController.h

AppController.m

main.m

Chapter 10—MyScreenEffect

MyScreenSaverView.h

MyScreenSaverView.m

Chapter 11—MyColorPicker

ThePicker.h

ThePicker.m

Chapter 12—MyThread

AppController.h

AppController.m

main.m

Chapter 13—MyTerminal

AppController.h

AppController.m

main.m

MyTerminalController.h

MyTerminalController.m

Chapter 14—MyXMLRPC

AppController.h

AppController.m

main.m

product_client.php

product_server.php

Chapter 15—MySOAP

AppController.h

AppController.m

main.m

product_client.php

product_server.php

B. Online Resources

Index