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concludeDragOperation: message, drag destination, 316, 318

concurrency

multithreading, 427–429

NSOperationQueue and, 435–438

overview of, 427

simple background threads, 429–431

time profiling in Instruments, 431–435

Connection panel

make connections in Interface Builder, 93–95

Connection to Action, 92

Connection to Outlet, 92–93

connections

Interface Builder, 15, 22–25

console, debugging with, 29, 98

constants, Objective-C, 26

containsObject method, NSArray, 45

content view, view hierarchy, 241–243

contentsGravity property, Core Animation, 423

context pointer, using defensively, 153

contextInfo, sheets, 329, 335–336

Continue button, debugger bar, 60

controller classes

NSArrayController. See NSArrayController

NSController, 129

NSObjectController, 129–130

controls

layout XIB file, 90–94

NSButton, 85–86

NSSlider, 86–87

NSTextField, 87–89

setting target programmatically, 96

target/action of, 83

Convert to Objective-C Automatic Reference Counting, 82

coordinate system, views, 266–268

copy. See also drag-and-drop

blocks, when assigning to instance variables, 375

copy attribute, properties, 125

copy method, retain-count rules for ownership, 76

Core Animation

CALayer, 425

implicit animation and actions, 423–424

overview of, 417

creating custom NSManagedObject classes, 409–411

editing model, 407–408

Core Data framework

creating applications, 130

defined, 6

NSManagedObjectModel, 177–179

overview of, 177

Core Graphics framework. See Quartz

count method, NSArray, 45

currentContext, drawing to screen, 358

currentEvent method, NSApplication, 328

cut, adding, 298–300

D

dataOfType:error: method, 168, 455

dataSource outlet, NSTableView

make connections, 109

date method, NSDate, 54–55

dateByAddingTimeInterval method, NSDate, 54

dealloc method

in ARC, 81

overview of, 72–73

deallocating objects, debugging hints, 98

Debug build configuration

using in development, 98

assertion checking, 62

overview of, 461

Debug navigator, 59

debugger (gdb)

adding exception breakpoints, 60–61

console, 29

debugger bar, 59–60

defined, 5

hints for, 98

print-object feature, 60

using NSAssert(), 61

debugging, with static analyzer, 63–64

DebugLog function, preprocessor macros, 463–464

decoding data, NSCoder, 162–163

defaults. See user defaults

defaults tool, 217–218

delegates

AppKit framework classes, 112

creating, 114

creating helper objects, 100–104

designing, 381

errors in implementing, 112

notifications and, 227

of NSControl, 347–348

NSTableView and, 104–107

pasteboards, nil-targeted actions and, 301

understanding, 113–114

dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier: method, UITableView in iOS, 393

description method

autoreleasing objects, 73–74

implementing, 52–53

NSObject, 44

printing in debug console, 60

designated initializer, 57

destination, drag, 315–319

dictionaries, 208–209

disk image (DMG), packaging application for download, 466

distributing your application

application sandboxing, 466–468

build configurations, 461–462

Mac App Store, 468–470

preprocessor macros and changing behavior with build configurations, 462–464

release build, 464–466

DMG (disk image), packaging application for download, 466

dock, Interface Builder, 20

document architecture

defined, 131

Info.plist and NSDocumentController, 163–164

NSDocument, 164–167

NSWindowController, 167

overview of, 163

document controller, 163–164

document type information, setting, 170

Documentation and API Reference, 31

documents. See also NSDocument

applications based on, 131

suppressing creation of untitled, 215–216

domains, setting precedence of defaults, 212

dot notation, accessors, 124

drag-and-drop

drag destination, 315–319

drag source, 312–315

operation mask, 319

overview of, 311–312

draggingEntered: message, 316–317

draggingExited: message, 315, 318

draggingSourceOperationMaskForLocal: message, 312–317, 319

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