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Cocoa Design Patterns
- By Erik M. Buck, Donald A. Yacktman
- Published Sep 1, 2009 by Addison-Wesley Professional. Part of the Developer's Library series.
- Copyright 2010
- Dimensions: 7 X 9
- Pages: 456
- Edition: 1st
- Book
- ISBN-10: 0-321-53502-2
- ISBN-13: 978-0-321-53502-3
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Product Author Bios
Erik M. Buck founded EMB & Associates, Inc. in 1993 and built the company into a leader in the aerospace and entertainment software industries by leveraging the NeXT/Apple software technology that would later become Apple’s Cocoa frameworks. Mr. Buck has also worked in construction, taught science to 8th graders, exhibited oil on canvas portraits, and developed alternative fuel vehicles. Mr. Buck sold his company in 2002 and currently holds the title of Senior Staff at Northrop Grumman Corporation. Mr. Buck received a B.S. degree in computer science from the University of Dayton in 1991 and is a frequent contributor to Cocoa mailing lists and technical forums.
Donald A. Yacktman has been using Cocoa and its predecessor technologies, OpenStep and NextStep, professionally since 1991. He coauthored the book Cocoa Programming and has contributed to the Stepwise website as both author and editor. He has worked for Verio/iServer and illumineX in the past. At present he works as an independent consultant assisting in the design and implementation of Cocoa and iPhone applications. Mr.Yacktman received B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical and computer engineering from Brigham Young University in 1991 and 1994, respectively.
“Next time some kid shows up at my door asking for a code review, this is the book that I am going to throw at him.”
–Aaron Hillegass, founder of Big Nerd Ranch, Inc., and author of Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X
Unlocking the Secrets of Cocoa and Its Object-Oriented Frameworks
Mac and iPhone developers are often overwhelmed by the breadth and sophistication of the Cocoa frameworks. Although Cocoa is indeed huge, once you understand the object-oriented patterns it uses, you’ll find it remarkably elegant, consistent, and simple.
Cocoa Design Patterns begins with the mother of all patterns: the Model-View-Controller (MVC) pattern, which is central to all Mac and iPhone development. Encouraged, and in some cases enforced by Apple’s tools, it’s important to have a firm grasp of MVC right from the start.
The book’s midsection is a catalog of the essential design patterns you’ll encounter in Cocoa, including
- Fundamental patterns, such as enumerators, accessors, and two-stage creation
- Patterns that empower, such as singleton, delegates, and the responder chain
- Patterns that hide complexity, including bundles, class clusters, proxies and forwarding, and controllers
And that’s not all of them! Cocoa Design Patterns painstakingly isolates 28 design patterns, accompanied with real-world examples and sample code you can apply to your applications today. The book wraps up with coverage of Core Data models, AppKit views, and a chapter on Bindings and Controllers.
Cocoa Design Patterns clearly defines the problems each pattern solves with a foundation in Objective-C and the Cocoa frameworks and can be used by any Mac or iPhone developer.
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75 of 78 people found the following review helpful
Unlocking Cocoa Programming, By
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This superb book has finally unlocked Cocoa programming! Let me explain.In most subjects we learn by acquiring a little bit of knowledge and, once that bit has been understood, we move on to the next little bit, until the bigger topic is understood. First we learn A then we learn B. Unfortunately, this method of learning does not work well with application frameworks such as Cocoa. These frameworks usually consist of a number of complex idea that are strongly interrelated. You cannot learn A then B, since A requires B and B requires A. Instead you must learn topics A..Z all at the same time! Cocoa is especially difficult for most programmers since it is based on using Objective C, and Objective C is based on Smalltalk. Smalltalk is an extremely dynamic language whose principles are significantly different than those of current popular languages. Thus, most programmers must learn zilllions of elements of the Cocoa framework and also the unusual ideas behind Objective C... Read more
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Develops a good foundational understanding,
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This book is not for beginners to Cocoa. I would only recommend it folks that have a reasonable amount of experience with Cocoa / Objective-C. Don't take this the wrong way; I'm only defining the target audience. This book details the patterns at work in Cocoa's architecture. While this text may confuse those new to Obj-C or Cocoa, it provides valuable insight into Cocoa usage patterns.Cocoa Design Patterns explains techniques commonly used throughout the Cocoa architecture (Model-View-Controller, Release/Retain Counting, Delegates, etc.), and provides concrete implementation examples in the frameworks. For each pattern it also describes the scenario that you may use it in, and the consequences, good and bad, to using the pattern. I would recommend this book to anyone after they've cut their teeth on Cocoa, after writing their first couple simple applications. This book shines light on some of the design decisions Apple made with Cocoa, and helps the reader understand how... Read more
32 of 36 people found the following review helpful
If Cocoa is Your Thing, This Book is Essential,
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It was the iPhone that finally brought me into the world of Cocoa programming. I quickly fell in love with the Cocoa & Cocoa Touch frameworks, finding them to be elegant, consistent and truly useful. I've read several books on Cocoa, Objective-C and Mac / iPhone development, but this one stands alone in its quest to fill the gaps, to cement a deep and thorough understanding of one of the best frameworks ever written.Simply stated, this book is a joy to read. It answered many questions that I had about the "why" behind the evolution of Cocoa and has left me feeling better able to make the most of its power. Cocoa Design Patterns is written in a style that is extremely accessible. It is almost like a detective novel as each chapter unravels the secrets of Cocoa. The most fun I've had reading a technical book in a long while. |
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Table of Contents
Preface xix
Part I: One Pattern to Rule Them All 1
Chapter 1: Model View Controller 2
Chapter 2: MVC Analyzed and Applied 17
Part II : Fundamental Patterns 28
Chapter 3: Two-Stage Creation 29
Chapter 4: Template Method 43
Chapter 5: Dynamic Creation 53
Chapter 6: Category 63
Chapter 7: Anonymous Type and Heterogeneous Containers 77
Chapter 8: Enumerators 85
Chapter 9: Perform Selector and Delayed Perform 99
Chapter 10: Accessors 107
Chapter 11: Archiving and Unarchiving 123
Chapter 12: Copying 135
Part III: Patterns That Primarily Empower by Decoupling 147
Chapter 13: Singleton 148
Chapter 14: Notifications 159
Chapter 15: Delegates 175
Chapter 16: Hierarchies 191
Chapter 17: Outlets, Targets, and Actions 206
Chapter 18: Responder Chain 220
Chapter 19: Associative Storage 232
Chapter 20: Invocations 242
Chapter 21: Prototype 255
Chapter 22: Flyweight 263
Chapter 23: Decorators 268
Part IV: Patterns That Primarily Hide Complexity 274
Chapter 24: Bundles 275
Chapter 25: Class Clusters 282
Chapter 26: Façade 302
Chapter 27: Proxies and Forwarding 312
Chapter 28: Managers 328
Chapter 29: Controllers 337
Part V : Practical Tools for Pattern Application 364
Chapter 30: Core Data Models 365
Chapter 31: Application Kit Views 379
Chapter 32: Bindings and Controllers 393
Appendix: Resources 404
Index 407
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