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Episode 3 - First Cocoa Application

This is a first screencast that covers Chapter 2 of Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X (second edition) book. We will talk about Apple Developer Tools including Xcode and Interface Builder. We will cover topics like code editing in Xcode, basic preferences, getting around in Xcode and editing modes. Then we will talk about Interface Builder and give an example of simple application that was build entirely in Interface Builder. The main demo of the day is a Cocoa application given as an example ...

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This podcast will cover the Introduction to Objective-C as described in Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X by Aaron Hillegass. This is the first part of the podcast that covers the chapter 3. There a lot of things I needed to say about Objective-C and even while trying to make it as short as possible I was still unable to fit within 30 minutes. I have already recorded most of the 2nd part of this chapter podcast so in a few days expect to see the conclusion. Topics covered today include Foundat ...

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In this podcast we will finish our discussion of Chapter 3 of Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X. The main discussion of this podcast is about memory management. We will briefly review C-style memory management, garbage collection, and reference counting. We also will talk in details about autoreleased objects and memory pools. In addition, we will talk about NSCalendarDate and Custom Initializers. The discussion will be finished with Demos of NSCalendarDate, Custom Initializers, and the Debug ...

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This posdcast introduces some basic Control and Model View Controller Pattern. We will discuss NSTextField, NSSlider,and NSButton classes and use them to create a GUI application that speaks a like that user types. In addition, we will talk about NSCollorWell and way to change the color of objects. The target and action concepts will be covered. We will spend a lot of time in Interface Builder stetting the targets and actions. Finally, we will see how to set the target and action programma ...

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The main goal of this podcast is to discuss the major difference between subclassing and use of helper objects. We will start to talk about is-a vs. has-a relationship and continue this topic in the next podcast. We will talk about Delegates and NSTableView and how it is different from the table views used by other frameworks. We finish with more advanced topic of responding to a selector and how it is used by delegates.

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This podcast is the first of the two podcasts that will cover Key-Value Coding (KVC) and Cocoa bindings. We will start working on the RaiseMan application and take a look at how bindings are set in Interface Builder. The next podcast will cover the remainder of the chapter including Sorting, Key Paths, and solutions to challenges.

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This podcast is the second part of the two podcasts that will cover Key-Value Coding (KVC) and Cocoa bindings. We will start working on the RaiseMan application and take a look at how bindings are set in Interface Builder. We will cover the remainder of the chapter including Sorting Key Path, and solutions to challenges.View this Episode

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We finally feel strong enough to deviate from the Textbook and cover more advanced topics. We introduced two advanced topics in this episode -- Advanced Bindings with multiple Array Controllers and Core Data. We showed how to create an application with multiple windows (a window and drawer) and connect multiple NSArrayControllers. Finally, RaiseMan application is replicated with Core Data and zero lines of code.View this Episode

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The Undo is a powerful tool that is easy to add to your application. We will show how to add the Undo to Cocoa Applications using NSUndoManager and NSInvocation. We will modify the Advanced RaiseMan application created in previous podcast and give some new challenges for you to work on. We will also talk about MacWorld 2007, iPhone, and other mac-related topics.View this Episode

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In previous episodes we pointed out that even though the document based applications know when changes are made if undo is implemented, we could not save the changes. In this episode we will talk about how Archiving is used for saving files (Chapter 8 of the test book). In addition, we will discuss the Value Transformers and how they can be used with Cocoa Binding.View this Episode

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We will Talk about Chapter 9 of the textbook "Nib Files and NSWindowController" and learn show to load nib files using NSWindowController in order to make applications launch faster. During the podcast we will create a Preference panel that will be update in future podcast. Also, we will discuss challenges and your involvement in the podcast.View this Episode

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Continuing with the subject of previous episode, we will Talk about User Defaults (Chapter 10). Subjects covered will include Setting the Identifier for the Application, Registering Defaults, Using and Editing Defaults, and much more... We will also discuss future projects that we could do as a community with the Podcast as the driving and sharing force behind the development effort.View this Episode

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Since the next couple of chapters are small, we will try to cover two chapters in one Episode. This episode will cover Notifications (Chapter 11) and Alert Panels (Chapter 12). We will answer user's questions and both pose and solve challenges.View this Episode

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Our community is truly multinational, which makes the Episode 17 even more appropriate. We will talk about Localization and its implementation in Cocoa. We will discuss Localizing of Nib files, String Tables, and some advanced topics.View this Episode

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In this Episode we will explore NSView class which you need to understand in order create custom views. We will talk about the view hierarchy, subclassing of NSView, drawing the view and drawRect: method, and many more topics. In addition, we will talk about forum discussions and general topics.View this Episode

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In previous episode we learned how to create a custom view, in this Episode we will take it further and place images on the screen, handle mouse events, and create a simple drawing application. In addition, we will discuss forum topics and answer your questions.View this Episode

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We continue our talk about view customization with discussion about Responders and Keyboard Events. We will learn how to read what user types using the keyboard and more info about the Responders will be covered in order to understand mechanisms used by cocoa for keyboard input.View this Episode

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We will continue to work on the Typing Tutor application and this time we will add the ability to display some characters in the custom view. This Episode will take a look into the topic of working with Fonts and Attributed strings. We will also touch on the topic of getting your view to generate PDF data which we may need for the open souse project we are about to begin.View this Episode

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In this Episode we look manipulating PDF documents using PDFKit. Please watch our site for more details. A brief overview of the subject can be found in Introduction to PDFKit. View the Podcast

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In this Episode we look at manipulating XML data in Cocoa. Learn about NSXML, DOM, SAX, XPath, XSLT, and much more. Please watch our site for more details. A brief overview of the subject can be found in Advanced XML. View the Podcast

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