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Mac OS X includes a number of open source technologies. These include a number of command-line tools, various servers such as Apache, the X11 graphical environment, several widget toolkits like wxWidgets and Tcl/Tk, and a number of programming languages like Perl and PHP. Developers can leverage these technologies to improve their user experience, reduce development time, and develop and deploy powerful web-based, command-line, and graphical applications.
A guided introduction and learning path for developers new to open source.   Essential information about open source technologies.   API references organized by framework.
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Darwin Notification API Reference (HTML)
Describes the Darwin API for interprocess notification.
 Networking 2008-04-08
Directory Service Framework Reference (HTML)
Describes the Directory Service Framework.
 Networking 2008-04-08
DNS Service Discovery C Reference (HTML)
Describes the DNS Service Discovery API for implementing Bonjour in an application.
 Networking 2008-04-23
GNU C 4.0 Preprocessor User Guide (HTML)
Describes the Apple version of the GNU C 4.0 Preprocessor.
 Tools 2007-10-31
GNU C 4.2 Preprocessor User Guide (HTML)
Describes the Apple version of the GNU C 4.2 Preprocessor.
 Tools 2008-01-23
GNU C/C++/Objective-C 3.3 Compiler (HTML)
Explains how to use the GNU compilers from the command line.
 Tools
GNU C/C++/Objective-C 4.0.1 Compiler User Guide (HTML)
Describes the Apple version of the GNU 4.0.1 compiler.
 Tools 2007-10-31
GNU C/C++/Objective-C 4.2.1 Compiler User Guide (HTML)
Describes the Apple version of the GNU 4.2.1 compiler.
 Tools 2008-01-23
Mac OS X ABI Dynamic Loader Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the functions used to access Mach-O files.
 Tools 2005-11-09
Mac OS X ABI Mach-O File Format Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the data structures that make up the Mach-O file format.
 Tools 2009-02-04
Mac OS X Man Pages (HTML)
HTML versions of the Mac OS X, Mac OS X Server, Xcode Tools, and CHUD man pages.
 Databases, High Performance Computing, Internet & Web, Mac OS X Server, Networking, Porting, Printing, Scripting & Automation, Security, System Administration, Tools 2008-04-29
Netwide Assembler Guide (HTML)
Describes the Netwide Assembler for Intel-based Macs.
 Tools 2008-06-19
Open Directory Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the Carbon API for using Open Directory.
 Networking 2006-05-23
Safari CSS Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) properties that are supported by Safari and WebKit.
 Internet & Web 2008-11-19
Safari HTML Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) tags and properties that are supported by Safari and WebKit.
 Internet & Web 2008-11-12