Beginning OS X Lion Apps Development

Description

With the Mac App Store launch in early 2011, a new age in Mac development began. Look for many of the cool apps for iPhone and iPad coming to an iMac or MacBook Pro near you! Beginning OS X Lion Apps Development explains how to develop OS X Lion-based apps and publish them in the Mac App Store. It begins with the basics of Objective-C and Cocoa, and then moves through all the topics necessary to build and publish your first successful Mac apps! Get started with Objective-C and Xcode Build your first complete apps that integrate well with Mac OS X Publish your apps on the Mac App Store If you're new to Mac or new to iPhone or iPad apps development, and looking to develop apps for the Macbook Pro or Mac desktop, this book is for you! Front Matter....Pages i-xv Starting to Build a Graphing Calculator....Pages 1-35 Laying Out the User Interface....Pages 37-72 Handling User Input....Pages 73-117 Pimp My UI....Pages 119-182 User Preferences and the File System....Pages 183-216 Using Core Data....Pages 217-246 Integrating Graphique into the Mac OS X Desktop....Pages 247-288 Creating Help....Pages 289-306 Printing....Pages 307-322 Submitting to the Mac App Store....Pages 323-363 Back Matter....Pages 365-374