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Leopard Technical Notes
A full suite of free developer tools is available to Mac OS X developers, who can speed up their development process by using these tools to prototype, compile, debug, and optimize their software products. Xcode, Apple's integrated development environment, can be used with Cocoa, Carbon, or Java. Apple also provides a wide selection of open source tools, such as GCC.
A guided introduction for developers new to Mac OS X developer tools.   Essential information for developers using the Xcode software development tool set.  
Tools Topics
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Compiling & Debugging
Tools and techniques for code generation and debugging. 		 
Darwin
Open source developer tools such as GCC and GDB. 		 
Files & Software Installation
Tools and techniques for packaging and installing software.
Java
Tools for developing and distributing Java applications on Mac OS X. 		 
Performance
Resources for measuring, evaluating, and improving code performance. 		 
Xcode
Apple's IDE for developing applications, libraries, plug-ins, and more.
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