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Ask NH: MacOS / XCode 4 Guides, Books, Tutorials?

by mikhaill on 4/20/11, 3:24 AM with 3 comments

I'm on the search for a good XCode 4 and MacOS development book and tutorial.

Everything I've found either concentrates on Xcode 3, which is significantly different or iOS development, not MacOS.

If you have a good resource for MacOS development, can you please share?

  • by blownd on 4/20/11, 10:04 AM

    There are loads of great resources out there for learning Cocoa for Mac development but because Xcode 4 is so new you aren't going to find much aside from Apple's own documentation.

    But I strongly recommend you check out Programming iOS 4: http://oreilly.com/catalog/0636920010258

    It's still in development and has just been updated to cover Xcode 4. I've been reading the previous edition and it's brilliant: great writing and the first half of the book is applicable to both iOS and desktop Cocoa development. As a relatively new Mac developer (1-2 years) this really consolidated my knowledge of Apple's frameworks and Objective-C.

  • by duskwuff on 4/20/11, 6:55 AM

    The mechanics of using XCode 4 are somewhat different, but all the fundamentals are identical. As far as documentation goes, Apple's online docs are a surprisingly good starting point.