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Leopard Technical Notes
Cocoa is an object-oriented application environment designed for developing Mac OS X native applications. The Cocoa frameworks support rapid development and high productivity. Cocoa provides developers starting new Mac OS X projects the fastest way to full-featured implementations. Applications from other platforms can also be brought to Mac OS X quickly using Cocoa.
A guided introduction and learning path for developers new to Cocoa.   Essential information for developers using Objective-C.   Objective-C API references organized by framework.
Cocoa Topics
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Design Guidelines
Policies and design patterns for creating Cocoa programs. 		 
Events & Other Input
Cocoa facilities for handling messages sent to applications by the Mac OS. 		 
File Management
Object-oriented interfaces for gaining access to files and folders on storage devices.
Games
Object-oriented APIs for developing full-featured games for Mac OS X. 		 
Graphics & Imaging
Object-oriented APIs for creating graphics content in Cocoa applications. 		 
Java
A widely known programming language used for learning Cocoa development.
Printing
Objective-C APIs for imaging content to a PDF document or a printing device. 		 
Process Management
Facilities that help Cocoa programs manage their own scheduling and execution. 		 
QuickTime
Classes for creating and playing multimedia in Cocoa applications.
Runtime Architecture
Conventions and services that prepare code in Cocoa projects for execution. 		 
Scripting & Automation
Object-oriented APIs for creating scriptable applications and Automator actions. 		 
Security
Authentication, authorization, and cryptographic services for Cocoa applications.
Text & Fonts
Object-oriented APIs for working with strings and fonts, and rendering glyphs. 		 
Tools
A suite of tools for building Cocoa applications, frameworks, and more. 		 
User Experience
Object-oriented APIs for creating the look and feel of Cocoa applications.
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