Mac Application Development for Dummies

By Karl G. Kowalski

The App Store extends to the Mac desktop Developers: here's how join the fun If you love your desktop Mac and want to enjoy the fun and challenge of developing Mac apps for the App Store, here's your chance to get started. This fun, full-color guide shows you how to create killer Mac apps on, and for, a desktop Mac. The book takes you step by step through the development of two apps while you get up to speed on the Mac App SDK, Xcode 4, how a Mac app runs, cryptography, views, and much more. Shows you how to download the Mac App SDK, set up Xcode 4, and how Mac apps run Takes you step by step through the development of two Mac desktop apps Explains views, view controllers, interface objects, gesture recognizers, cryptography, security, network awareness, and much more The App Store for the Mac desktop is the next big thing for developers Be ready with this book at your disposal. Note: Apple's iOS SDK tools are only accessible on Intel-powered Mac and MacBook devices.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1118032225
• ISBN13: 9781118032220
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: For Dummies
• Length: 402 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.0" x 7.3"