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Articles consist of feature stories, essays, and other content that introduce key Apple developer technologies, tools, and topics. Written by some of the top writers and developers on the Mac platform, these short, focused pieces offer a great way to learn what's new and useful on Mac OS X. Whether it's Apple developer tools, the newest Mac OS X APIs, or open source solutions, articles target interesting topics that help get developers started, learn quickly, and improve their products. While mostly focused on technical content, articles also include success stories that take a close look at developers who are using the Mac OS X platform to their advantage. Read these success stories for ideas on how you may be able to benefit from others' success.
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Apple Applications
Application software from Apple that other products can interact with and extend. 		 
Audio
Programming interfaces for recording, processing, playing, and creating sound content. 		 
Carbon
A set of C APIs for developing applications for Mac OS X.
Cocoa
Object-oriented frameworks for developing applications for Mac OS X. 		 
Core Foundation
A framework providing basic software services to programs and application environments. 		 
Darwin
The open source foundation of Mac OS X, based on 4.4BSD UNIX.
Games
Mac OS X technologies essential to game developers. 		 
Graphics & Imaging
Programming interfaces for creating 2D, 3D, and PDF content. 		 
Hardware & Drivers
Resources for developing hardware, device drivers, and device-access software.
Internet & Web
Technologies for web content, web server, and web-enabled client applications. 		 
Java
An environment for developing cross-platform applications. Java is built into Mac OS X. 		 
Mac OS X
Indispensable Reference Library resources that describe Mac OS X at a high level.
Mac OS X Server
Resources for working with Apple's server platform. 		 
Networking
Protocols and services that support networking and communication capabilities. 		 
Open Source
Open source technologies, programming languages, servers, and toolkits.
Performance
Support for improving code and hardware performance. 		 
Porting
Tools and programming interfaces to help move code to Mac OS X. 		 
QuickTime
A cross-platform technology for creating, delivering, and playing multimedia content.
Scripting & Automation
Scripting languages and tools, workflow automation, and application scriptability. 		 
Security
Authentication, authorization, and cryptographic services. 		 
Tools
A suite of developer tools, including Xcode and UNIX tools.
User Experience
The look and feel of Mac OS X application software. 		   
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