Cocoa Reference Library

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Cocoa

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.


Getting Started A guided introduction and learning path for developers new to Cocoa.	Fundamentals Essential information for developers using Objective-C.	Frameworks Objective-C API references organized by framework.



Cocoa Topics View the complete Cocoa Reference Library List.
Accessibility Object-oriented interfaces that support assistive technology applications.	Apple Applications Facilities in Cocoa for interacting with and extending Apple applications.	Audio Object-oriented APIs for creating, processing, and playing sound content.



Data Management Object-oriented interfaces for representing and manipulating data.	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.



Intel-Based Macs Developer support for optimizing Cocoa applications for Intel-based Macs.	Interapplication Communication Facilities for data sharing and communication between Cocoa programs.	Internationalization Object-oriented APIs that ready applications for other locales.



Internet & Web Object-oriented APIs for developing web content and Internet and web applications.	Java A widely known programming language used for learning Cocoa development.	Networking Objective-C APIs that support networking features in Cocoa applications.



Objective-C Language A programming language designed for sophisticated object-oriented programming.	Performance Resources for measuring, evaluating, and improving Cocoa code performance.	Porting Tools and programming interfaces for moving code to the Cocoa environment.



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.



Resource Management Support for handling system and program resources 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.	Syncing Object-oriented APIs for syncing a Cocoa application's data with external devices.	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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