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editing implementation file, 27

layout XIB file, 91

making connections, 92–94

asynchronous connections

NSURLConnection, 362–363

receiving response, 377–381

solving I/O- bound problems with, 434

asynchronous reads, NSTask, 456

attributed strings. See NSAtrributedString

attributes

NSAtrributedString, 287–288

in NSManagedObjectModel, 178–179

Attributes Inspector. See attributes

automatic document saving, 174

automatic reference counting. See ARC (automatic reference counting)

autorelease message

accessor methods for instance variables, 79

overview of, 74–76

retain-count rules, 76–77

autorelease pools

background threads, 430–431

simplifying release of objects, 74–76

autosavesInPlace method, NSDocument, 174

autoscroll: method, 268–269

autoscrolling

adding timer to, 328

adding to application, 268–269

Autosizing, Size Inspector, 244, 445

awakeFromNib message

chronology of applications, 32

overview of, 30–31

B

background color

table views, 216–217

background threads

overview of, 427–428

race conditions in, 428–429

using NSOperationQueue, 435–438

becomeFirstResponder method, 272–275, 281

Behaviors in Preferences panel, configuring to show log in, 29

bindings

attaching value transformers to, 351

on cell-based vs. view-based table views, 191

Core Data, 177, 183–188

creating programmatically, 127

removing, 127

using key-value coding, 119–120

Bindings Inspector. See bindings

_block type specifier, 374–375

blocks

availability of, 376

memory and objects within, 375–376

overview of, 371–373

receiving asynchronous response, 377–381

syntax for, 373–375

bold, drawing text with attributes, 294

BOOL, defined, 26

box

binding, 187–188

view swapping. See view swapping

breakpoint navigator, 60

breakpoints, 58–61

build configurations

assertion checking, 62

changing behavior, 462–464

changing to Release configuration, 62

distributing app, 461–462

bundles. See NSBundle

buttons

NSButton, 85–86

target and action of, 83–84

C

C++ language, Objective-C vs., 2

C programming language

assertion checking, 62

interaction with ARC, 82

strings in Objective-C vs., 40–41

CAAnimation class, 417

CABasicAnimation class, 424

CALayer class, Core Animation

configuring project, 417–423

custom drawing, 425

implicit animation and actions, 423–424

overview of, 417

CAOpenGLLayer, 425

case sensitivity, 7–8, 21

caseInsensitiveCompare: method

NSString, 47

sorting with array controllers, 140–141

CAShapeLayer, 425

categories

adding method to NSString, 307–309

creating, 307

declaring private methods, 309

CATextLayer, Core Animation, 420–421, 425

CATransaction, Core Animation, 417, 424

cell-based table views

bindings in, 183

limitations of, 180

view-based table views vs., 191

center-justify button, text field Attributes Inspector, 19

changeBackgroundColor: message

adding panel to application, 204

editing defaults, 214–215

notifications, 224–227

characters method, NSEvent, 273

characters with accents

Option key, 235, 237

clang/LLVM open source compiler projects, 35

class method, 54

classes

creating in Interface Builder, 20–22

creating own. See Objective-C, creating own classes

creating/using existing. See Objective-C, using existing classes

declaring in Objective-C vs. Java, 25–26

denoting with NS prefix, 43

framework as collection of, 6

implementing protocols, 160–163

overview of, 5

typographical conventions for, 7

clearContents method, NSPasteboard, 296

close button, panels, 194

Cocoa Touch

defined, 3

developing for iOS. See iOS development

Cocoa, understanding

common mistakes, 8

frameworks, 6

history of, 1–3

how to learn, 8–9

language, 4–5

objects, classes, methods, and messages, 5–6

tools, 3–4

Code Signing and Application Sandboxing Guide, 468

colon (:), method name with arguments, 36

command line tool, creating, 37–41

compare: method, sorting array controllers, 140–141

compositing