Learning Carbon (Paperback)

Preface

Chapter 1. Introduction to Carbon
Carbon and Mac OS X
What's in Carbon?
Building Carbon Applications
The Carbon Factory Tour

Chapter 2. Specifying a Carbon Application: Moon Travel Planner
The Moon Travel Planner Window
The Menu Bar
The About Window
The Facts for the Traveler Window
The Itinerary Window

Chapter 3. Project Builder Projects
A Carbon Application Project
Moon Travel Planner: Creating a Project

Chapter 4. Interface Builder: Nibs and Windows
A Carbon Nib File
Moon Travel Planner: Modifying the Default Window

Chapter 5. Interface Builder: Tools and Controls
Palettes and Layout Tools
Moon Travel Planner: Adding Objects to the Main Window

Chapter 6. Carbon Events
Carbon Event Handling
MoonTravel Planner: Writing an Event Handler

Chapter 7. Interface Builder: Menus
The Menu Bar
Moon Travel Planner: Modifying the Menu Bar

Chapter 8. Text and Localization
Language-Specific Folders
Moon Travel Planner: Displaying Localized Text

Chapter 9. Printing
The Carbon Printing Manager
Moon Travel Planner: Adding Printing to the Moon Facts Window

Chapter 10. Property Lists
The Information Property List: Info.plist
Moon Travel Planner: Modifying and Using Properties

Chapter 11. Files
Managing Files on the Mac
Moon Travel Planner: Handling Files

Chapter 12. Providing Help
Help on Mac OS X
Moon Travel Planner: Adding Help

Chapter 13. Desktop Icons
Icon Basics
Moon Travel Planner: Adding Icons

Chapter 14. Beyond Moon Travel: Advanced Topics
Scriptable Applications
Threads and Multiprocessing
Tab Controls
Epilogue

Appendix A. Additional Resources

Appendix B. Carbon Event Classes and Kinds

Appendix C. Parameter Names and Types for Common Event Kinds

Index