Cocoa programming is not only the favored development environment for Mac OS X, it’s also a primary tool for creating iPhone and iPod Touch software. That makes this a great time to learn Cocoa, and Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X For Dummies is the ideal place to start!

This book gives you a solid foundation in Cocoa and the unusual syntax of Objective-C. You’ll learn what’s new in Cocoa frameworks and create an application step by step. For example, you can:

• See how Xcode underlies your applications as the main component of Apple’s IDE

• Examine the basics of the Objective-C language, the elements of a Cocoa interface, and object-oriented programming

• Use Xcode and Interface Builder

• Spruce up your apps with audio, video, Internet features, stylized text, and more

• Create applications with the stunning graphics for which Macs are famous

• See how to build apps with multiple documents and even executables that aren’t traditional Mac apps

• Use all the exciting new Cocoa features

• Work with Cocoa numbers, arrays, Booleans, and dates

• Build document-based applications

• Simplify with key-value coding

The better you understand Cocoa programming, the better the applications you can create for Mac OS X, iPhone, and iPod Touch. Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X For Dummies makes it easy and fun!

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