The Mac Xcode 2 Book

Learn the code. Astound your friends. Yours free with every Tiger — a to-die-for package of sophisticated software development tools called Xcode. Whether you`re already immersed in soft- ware development or just considering a dip in the programming pool, Xcode lets you create applica- tions, plug-ins, applets, utilities, extensions, and much more. And here, liberally laced with irre- sistible fun facts and foolishness, is a complete crash course in Xcode. You`re gonna love it. Trust us. Build your first application right away Understand Xcode`s built-in compilers, program editor, and debugger See how Xcode speaks your favorite language Meet the Interface Builder and some classy data modeling tools Chock-full of delicious hints, tips, and details. Informative and enjoyable from cover to cover! —Mike Rossetti, Staff Engineer, Intuit QuickBooks Mac Engineering Team, ClubMacApp You have the makings of a hero, you know . . . This is a great time to be a Macintosh programmer. Sure, software developers have always been lionized as the true heroes of society — their movements obsessively tracked in gossip magazines, their achievements recognized in almost obscenely extravagant red-carpet awards telecasts. But Apple`s own Xcode gives today`s programmers unprecedented advantages. Xcode does it all. The system that allows a curious newbie to add a few buttons and menus to an existing AppleScript is the exact same one that Apple uses to build the next version of the Macintosh operating system. Today, we`re all playing in either the deep or the shallow end of the same pool. Awesome, isn`t it? —Andy Ihnatko Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.