Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X, 4/e (Paperback)

The best-selling introduction to Cocoa, once again updated to cover the latest Mac programming technologies, and still enthusiastically recommended by experienced Mac OS X developers. 

“Cocoa® Programming for Mac® OS X is considered by most to be the de-facto intro-to-OS X programming text.”

—Bob Rudis, the Apple Blog

 

“I would highly recommend this title to anyone interested in Mac development. Even if you own the previous edition, I think you’ll find the new and revised content well worth the price.”

—Bob McCune, bobmccune.com 

If you’re developing applications for Mac OS X, Cocoa® Programming for Mac® OS X, Fourth Edition, is the book you’ve been waiting to get your hands on. If you’re new to the Mac environment, it’s probably the book you’ve been told to read first.

Covering the bulk of what you need to know to develop full-featured applications for OS X, written in an engaging tutorial style, and thoroughly class-tested to assure clarity and accuracy, it is an invaluable resource for any Mac programmer. Specifically, Aaron Hillegass and Adam Preble introduce the two most commonly used Mac developer tools: Xcode and Instruments. They also cover the Objective-C language and the major design patterns of Cocoa. Aaron and Adam illustrate their explanations with exemplary code, written in the idioms of the Cocoa community, to show you how Mac programs should be written. After reading this book, you will know enough to understand and utilize Apple’s online documentation for your own unique needs. And you will know enough to write your own stylish code.

Updated for Mac OS X 10.6 and 10.7, this fourth edition includes coverage of Xcode 4, blocks, view-based table views, Apple’s new approach to memory management (Automatic Reference Counting), and the Mac App Store. This edition adds a new chapter on concurrency and expands coverage of Core Animation. The book now devotes a full chapter to the basics of iOS development.

《Cocoa® Programming for Mac® OS X》是一本暢銷的Cocoa入門書籍，已經更新至最新的Mac程式開發技術，並且仍然受到經驗豐富的Mac OS X開發者的熱烈推薦。

“大多數人認為《Cocoa® Programming for Mac® OS X》是OS X程式開發的入門書籍。”
—Bob Rudis, the Apple Blog

“我強烈推薦這本書給任何對Mac開發有興趣的人。即使你擁有之前的版本，我認為你會發現新的和修訂的內容絕對物超所值。”
—Bob McCune, bobmccune.com

如果你正在開發Mac OS X應用程式，《Cocoa® Programming for Mac® OS X, Fourth Edition》是你一直在等待的書籍。如果你是新手，這可能是你被告知要先閱讀的書籍。

本書涵蓋了開發OS X應用程式所需的大部分知識，以引人入勝的教學風格撰寫，並經過全面的班級測試以確保清晰和準確，對於任何Mac程式設計師來說都是一個寶貴的資源。具體而言，Aaron Hillegass和Adam Preble介紹了兩個最常用的Mac開發工具：Xcode和Instruments。他們還介紹了Objective-C語言和Cocoa的主要設計模式。Aaron和Adam用Cocoa社區的習語編寫了示例代碼，以展示Mac程式應該如何編寫。閱讀完本書後，你將了解足夠的知識，以理解並利用蘋果的線上文檔滿足自己的獨特需求。並且你將了解足夠的知識來編寫自己的時尚代碼。

這本第四版已更新至Mac OS X 10.6和10.7，包括Xcode 4、blocks、基於視圖的表格視圖、蘋果的新記憶體管理方法（自動引用計數）和Mac App Store的相關內容。本版新增了一章關於並發性的內容，並擴展了Core Animation的涵蓋範圍。本書現在還專門介紹了iOS開發的基礎知識。