Addison-Wesley Announces Publication of Second Edition of "Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X" by Aaron Hillegass

From: Fox, Heather (Heather_Fox_at_prenhall.com)
Date: 05/05/04

  • Next message: Michael Ströder: "ANNOUNCE: web2ldap release 0.14.2" 
    Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 14:09:48 CST

      

    Media Contact: Heather Fox<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =
    "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

    Addison-Wesley/ Prentice Hall PTR

    Heather(dot)fox(at)pearsoned.com

    201.236.7139 (phone)

     FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

     Addison-Wesley Announces Publication of Second Edition of "Cocoa(R)
    Programming for Mac(R) OS X", by Aaron Hillegass

     Upper Saddle River, NJ (May 5, 2004) - Addison-Wesley, the leading
    publisher of advanced technology books, announces the publication of the
    Second Edition of "Cocoa(R) Programming for Mac(R) OS X", updated for Xcode
    and Mac OS X 10.3 and including several new chapters, while keeping with the
    acclaimed First Edition's objective to help developers best utilize Apple's
    powerful suite of Cocoa tools.

     The Second Edition likewise benefits from the invaluable feedback that
    Hillegass has accumulated from teaching more than a dozen classes, using
    this book as the text, at Big Nerd Ranch. In addition, Hillegass has written
    five new chapters, including:

     1) Chapter 7 describes how to add undo capabilities to an application using
    NSUndoManager

    2) Chapter 28 shows how to make an application AppleScript-able

    3) Chapter 29 shows how to use OpenGL calls within a Cocoa application

    4) Chapter 30 shows how to create a reusable framework

    5) Chapter 31 instructs on how to create Cocoa applications on Linux using
    GNUstep

     

    To see a complete table of contents, visit:

    http://www.awprofessional.com/title/0321213149

     

    Hillegass' approach is to guide readers through the key features of Cocoa by
    detailing the creation of six applications and an Interface Builder palette.
    He emphasizes design patterns, to help the reader predict the behavior of
    unfamiliar classes, and skillfully introduces several new ideas through each
    of these projects. As each new concept/technique arises, Hillegass refers to
    his own experience to instruct the reader on the optimal way to make use of
    it.

     

    Author Aaron Hillegass, who worked at NeXT and Apple, teaches popular Cocoa
    programming classes at Big Nerd Ranch. This book is based on his Big Nerd
    Ranch coursework, and benefits from more than a decade of his work with
    OpenStep, the Cocoa predecessor, and of course, Cocoa, itself.

     

    ADDITIONAL NEW BOOKS from publisher Addison-Wesley/Prentice Hall PTR
    include:

     

    1) "Linux Programming by Example" by Arnold Robbins (April 15, 2004)- ISBN
    0131429647 www.phptr.com/title/0131429647

     

    2) "Advanced UNIX Programming", Second Edition, by Marc Rochkind (April 30,
    2004)- ISBN 0131411543

    www.awprofessional.com/title/0131411543

     

    3) "Understanding the Linux Virtual Memory Manager" by Mel Gorman (April 23,
    2004) - ISBN 0131453483

     http://www.phptr.com/title/0131453483

     

    About Addison-Wesley/Prentice Hall PTR

     Addison-Wesley (www.awprofessional.com) and Prentice Hall Professional
    Technical Reference (PH PTR) (www.phptr.com) are respected publishers of
    quality computer science and engineering books and software for technical
    professionals. Both imprints are units of Pearson Technology Group, the
    world's largest provider of consumer and professional computer, information
    technology, engineering and reference content. Pearson Technology Group is
    an operating unit of Pearson Education, the world's leading educational
    publisher. Pearson Education is part of Pearson plc (NYSE: PSO), the
    international media company.

     

    ###

    Other product or service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their
    respective owners.

    *************************
    Heather Fox, Addison-Wesley/Prentice Hall PTR Publicist & Liaison for
    "Addison-Wesley/Prentice Hall PTR User Group Program"
    (phone) 201.236.7139; heather.fox@pearsoned.com
    www.awprofessional.com; www.phptr.com
    Geographic Location:
    c/o Pearson Education, 1 Lake St., #3K17, Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458

     

    ****************************************************************************
    This email may contain confidential material.
    If you were not an intended recipient,
    please notify the sender and delete all copies.
    We may monitor email to and from our network.

    ****************************************************************************

    ##########################################################################
    # Send submissions for comp.os.linux.announce to: cola@stump.algebra.com #
    # PLEASE remember a short description of the software and the LOCATION. #
    # This group is archived at http://stump.algebra.com/~cola/ #
    ##########################################################################

  • Next message: Michael Ströder: "ANNOUNCE: web2ldap release 0.14.2"