Mac Application Development For Dummies PDF

If you love your desktop Mac and want to enjoy the fun and challenge of developing Mac apps for the App Store, here's your chance to get started. This fun, full-color guide shows you how to create killer Mac apps on, and for, a desktop Mac. The book takes you step by step through the development of two apps while you get up to speed on the Mac App SDK, Xcode 4, how a Mac app runs, cryptography, views, and much more.

Shows you how to download the Mac App SDK, set up Xcode 4, and how Mac apps run

Takes you step by step through the development of two Mac desktop apps

Explains views, view controllers, interface objects, gesture recognizers, cryptography, security, network awareness, and much more

The App Store for the Mac desktop is the next big thing for developers! Be ready with this book at your disposal.

Note: Apple's iOS SDK tools are only accessible on Intel-powered Mac and MacBook devices.

Chapter List (24 chapters):

• Chapter 1: Cover
• Chapter 2: Table of Contents
• Chapter 3: Title Page
• Chapter 4: Introduction
• Chapter 5: Part I: Getting Started on Macintosh Apps
• Chapter 6: Chapter 1: Gathering What You Need to Develop Mac Apps
• Chapter 7: Chapter 2: Mac OS X Coding with Xcode
• Chapter 8: Chapter 3: Giving Your App Something to Do
• Chapter 9: Chapter 4: Objective-C and Cocoa Applications
• Chapter 10: Part II: A View to an App
• Chapter 11: Chapter 5: Using Interface Builder to Lay Out Your Views
• Chapter 12: Chapter 6: Controlling Your Windows and Views
• Chapter 13: Chapter 7: Drawing Advanced Views
• Chapter 14: Part III: Focus on the User
• Chapter 15: Chapter 8: Maintaining Your Users' Data
• Chapter 16: Chapter 9: Working in the Background
• Chapter 17: Chapter 10: Printing Your User's Data
• Chapter 18: Part IV: Polishing and Supporting Your App
• Chapter 19: Chapter 11: Debugging Your App
• Chapter 20: Chapter 12: Putting On the Finishing Touches
• Chapter 21: Part V: The Part of Tens
• Chapter 22: Chapter 13: Ten Useful Apple Sample Apps
• Chapter 23: Chapter 14: Ten Macintosh Development Tips
• Chapter 24: Cheat Sheet