Dimensions
231 x 180 x 13mm
Master Mac OS X Lion development from the ground up, in 24 one-hour lessons - absolutely no Mac programming experience necessary!
The complete beginner's tutorial for creating iOS-style Mac apps.
Simple and hands-on: fully introduces the Lion development environment, teaching key concepts with fully-documented, color-coded Objective-C code.
Covers new features including auto-save, full-screen apps, and Mac App Store.
Step-by-step instructions, examples, quizzes, exercises, tips, shortcuts, and more
Apple's eagerly-awaited Mac OS X Lion brings the innovation and simplicity of the iPad to the Mac platform - and, priced at just $30 (US), it will rapidly appear on millions of Mac desktops and notebooks. Now, there's a friendly, easy guide to OS X Lion development for every developer and power user. In just 24 quick lessons, Sams Teach Yourself Mac OS X Lion App Development in 24 Hours will help readers gain true mastery. Each lesson builds on all that's come before, teaching readers all they need to know, without ever overwhelming them.
Coverage includes:
Getting started fast with OS X Lion's IDE and Objective-C.
Safely managing memory.
Using Cocoa, Apple's Objective-C based programming environment.
Building basic, advanced, and animated user interfaces.
Supporting multitouch gestures, drag-and-drop, and multithreading.
Working with data - including Core Data and iOS-style autosave.
Using notifications, alerts, sheets, and popovers.
Integrating with web services.
Building iOS-style full-screen applications
