- Classes, Objects, and Methods in Objective-C
- Dec 31, 2003
- Learn the key concepts in object-oriented programming, so you can start working with classes in Objective-C. In this sample chapter from Programming in Objective-C, you'll learn a little bit of terminology, and then put the theory to work.
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- Cluster and Complex Design Issues
- Feb 8, 2002
- This sample chapter from the Sun BluePrints book Designing Solutions with Sun Cluster 3.0 examines how failures occur in complex systems and shows methods that contain, isolate, report, and repair failures.
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- Cocoa Applications in Mac OS X
- Jun 27, 2003
- A little commitment and some hard work will get you poised to build great applications. Do this by getting a grasp on designing and implementing a document-based Cocoa application of your own through concentration on the relationships between the source code and the user interface items.
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- Cocoa Design Patterns: Bindings and Controllers
- Oct 7, 2009
- Erik M. Buck and Donald A. Yacktman explain the role of bindings and controllers in Cocoa.
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- Cocoa Language Options
- Nov 8, 2002
- Scott Anguish, Erik Buck, and Donald Yacktman describe the general features of all languages that can be used with Cocoa, and provide a brief overview of object-oriented terminology.
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- Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X: Custom Views
- May 30, 2008
- All visible objects in an application are either windows or views. In this chapter, Aaron Hillegass shows how to create a subclass of NSView.
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- Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X: Objective-C
- Dec 12, 2011
- Cocoa was developed using Objective-C, and most Cocoa programming is done in Objective-C. Teaching C and basic object-oriented concepts could consume an entire book. This chapter assumes that you already know a little C and something about objects and introduces you to the basics of Objective-C.
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- Cocoa Programming Fundamentals: UNIX Tools in Cocoa
- May 27, 2010
- This video excerpt is from Cocoa Programming Fundamentals LiveLessons.
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- Cocoa Tips: Don't Reimplement Standard Functionality
- Jan 15, 2010
- David Chisnall explains why using OS X's built-in APIs, rather than rolling your own, will allow your program to work with all of the user's other programs.
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- Cocoa Tips: Exposing System Services
- Jan 22, 2010
- David Chisnall shows how exposing system services makes it easy for users to access the features of your program from other applications.
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- Cocoa: Working with XML
- May 19, 2006
- Objective-C and Cocoa is the predominate language/framework on the Apple OS X operating system, but it is fairly uncommon otherwise. One way to enable an application written in this language to communicate with applications written for other platforms is via the universal XML. Marcus Zarra walks you through constructing, transmitting, and deconstructing an XML document using Objective-C and Cocoa.
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- Cocoa® Programming for Mac® OS X: Custom Views
- May 10, 2002
- Aaron Hillegass teaches you how to create a subclass of NSView in Cocoa.
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- Concurrent Programming in Java: Creating Threads
- Jun 1, 2001
- Doug Lea discusses creating threads in Java, including oneway messages, services in threads, and parallel decomposition.
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- Conditionals in Swift
- Feb 10, 2016
- This chapter from Swift Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide introduces conditionals in Swift, including if/else, ternary operator, nested ifs, and else if.
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- Containers in Ruby
- Aug 23, 2002
- Similar to a grocery bag, containers hold a variety of objects and make life easier. Learn how to bag your objects into strings, arrays, hashes, and ranges.
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- Controlling Both Ends of the Communications Channel: From Cocoa to Servlets
- Jun 2, 2006
- Objective-C/Cocoa is the dominant language/API for Apple's OS X. Java is the dominant language for Web portals and other Internet services. So wouldn't it make sense for these two technologies to talk to each other? Marcus Zarra walks you through a simple solution to get these two technologies communicating.
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- Copyright Versus Free Software
- Nov 16, 2007
- David Chisnall examines the close relationship between copyright and Free Software.
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- Creating Events in Delphi 6
- May 10, 2002
- This article discusses how you can define your own event properties for your custom Delphi components.
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- David Chisnall Presents a Developer's Reading List
- Jan 4, 2012
- Expert programmer David Chisnall provides a list of the 5 books he believes every programmer should read.
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- Debunking the Myth of High-level Languages
- Jul 14, 2006
- David Chisnall explains how programming in a low-level language can make a compiler's job harder, essentially wasting effort and slowing down your program's processing.
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