http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/ cocoa <p>Cocoa is the object oriented programming environment used in <a class="wikilink" href="http://swik.net/OSX">Mac <span class="caps">OS X</span></a> used to write native <span class="caps">OSX</span> code.</p> <p>Cocoa development uses the <a class="wikilink" href="http://swik.net/Objective-C">Objective-C</a> programming language, typically in Xcode/Interface Builder, which are Apple&#8217;s <a class="wikilink" href="http://swik.net/license:proprietary">proprietary</a> tools for <span class="caps">OSX</span> development. <a class="wikilink" href="http://swik.net/GCC"><span class="caps">GCC</span></a> and a text editor such as <a class="wikilink" href="http://swik.net/Emacs">Emacs</a> may also be used however.</p> <p>One major reason however for not relying on third party Objective C tools however is Apple&#8217;s Human Interface Guidelines, which developers are encouraged to follow in the creation of Apple software. The Interface Builder tool is designed specifically against these guidelines, and thus is a favored tool for Apple development.</p> <p>The Cocoa <span class="caps">API</span> includes varied features including memory management through the NSObject class, a binary versioning scheme, a comprehensive views model, and an upcoming automatic garbage collection scheme.</p> <h3>See Also</h3> <ul> <li><a class="wikilink" href="http://swik.net/GNUStep">GNUStep</a> &#8211; a free implementation to OpenStep, the NeXT precursor to Cocoa.</li> </ul> Cocoa is the object oriented programming environment used in Mac OS X used to write native OSX code. Cocoa development uses the Objective-C programming language, typically in Xcode/Interface Builder, which are Apple&#8217;s proprietary tools for OSX development. GCC and a text editor such as Emacs may also be used however. One major reason however for not relying on third party Objective C tools however is Apple&#8217;s Human Interface Guidelines, which developers are encouraged to follow http://swik.net/cocoa Development api apple cocoa Thu, 29 Jun 2006 13:44:19 -0700 Thu, 29 Jun 2006 13:45:47 -0700 http://swik.net/opensource/del.icio.us+tag%2Fopensource/gkaindl.com+%E2%86%92+software+%E2%86%92+touch%C3%A9/ccxve Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:56:43 -0700 http://swik.net/XML/del.icio.us%2Ftag%2Fxml/Cocoa+Tutorial%3A+libxml+and+xmlreader/ccwsq Using libxml instead of NSXMLDocument. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:45:39 -0700 http://swik.net/XML/del.icio.us%2Ftag%2Fxml/Cocoa+Is+My+Girlfriend+%22+Cocoa+Tutorial%3A+libxml+and+xmlreader/ccvel Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:24:44 -0700 http://swik.net/iphone/deli.cio.us%2Ftags%2Fiphone/Cocoa+Bindings+Examples+and+Hints/ccty7 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:06:30 -0700 http://swik.net/iphone/deli.cio.us%2Ftags%2Fiphone/Cocoa+Fundamentals+Guide%3A+Introduction+to+Cocoa+Fundamentals+Guide/cctsa Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:06:22 -0700 http://swik.net/iphone/deli.cio.us%2Ftags%2Fiphone/furbo.org+%C2%B7+Beta+testing+on+iPhone+2.0/ccst7 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 06:06:25 -0700 http://swik.net/opensource/del.icio.us+tag%2Fopensource/gkaindl.com+%E2%86%92+software+%E2%86%92+touch%C3%A9/ccra1 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 18:05:56 -0700 http://swik.net/open-source/del.icio.us+tag%2Fopen-source/gkaindl.com+%E2%86%92+software+%E2%86%92+touch%C3%A9/ccram Sun, 17 Aug 2008 18:05:52 -0700 http://swik.net/git/del.icio.us+tag%2Fgit/aptiva%27s+activerecord+at+master+%E2%80%94+GitHub/ccqmu Sun, 17 Aug 2008 12:05:07 -0700 http://swik.net/open-source/del.icio.us+tag%2Fopen-source/positive+spin+media+%7C+john+pannell/ccpvx Sun, 17 Aug 2008 05:05:48 -0700 http://swik.net/git/del.icio.us+tag%2Fgit/aptiva%27s+activerecord+at+master+%E2%80%94+GitHub/ccpvs Sun, 17 Aug 2008 05:05:36 -0700 http://swik.net/opensource/del.icio.us+tag%2Fopensource/LuaCore%2C+a+Cocoa+wrapper+to+Lua/ccplq Sun, 17 Aug 2008 01:05:22 -0700 http://swik.net/opensource/del.icio.us+tag%2Fopensource/SourceForge.net%3A+Cocoa+Barcode+Recognition/ccop5 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 16:09:50 -0700 http://swik.net/opensource/del.icio.us+tag%2Fopensource/gkaindl.com+%E2%86%92+software+%E2%86%92+touch%C3%A9/ccm1n Sat, 16 Aug 2008 01:05:12 -0700 http://swik.net/opensource/del.icio.us+tag%2Fopensource/touch%C3%A9/ccmsn Multitouch 框架 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 22:05:03 -0700 http://swik.net/iphone/deli.cio.us%2Ftags%2Fiphone/Debugging+and+Symbolizing+Crash+Dumps+in+Xcode/ccl4z Extremely useful Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:05:34 -0700 http://swik.net/iphone/deli.cio.us%2Ftags%2Fiphone/slerp+-+You+are+so+cover+flow/ccls9 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:05:58 -0700 http://swik.net/iphone/deli.cio.us%2Ftags%2Fiphone/OSXdev.org/cchts 위키 - 코코아 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:05:48 -0700 http://swik.net/Emacs/del.icio.us+tag%2Femacs/Cocoa+Text+System/ccg4y Thu, 14 Aug 2008 07:04:57 -0700 http://swik.net/iphone/deli.cio.us%2Ftags%2Fiphone/Cocoa%E3%82%A2%E3%83%97%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B1%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%81%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AB%3A+Cocoa%E3%82%A2%E3%83%97%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B1%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%81%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AB%E3%81%AE%E7%B4%B9%E4%BB%8B/ccg1n Thu, 14 Aug 2008 06:05:35 -0700 http://swik.net/XML/del.icio.us%2Ftag%2Fxml/touchcode+-+Google+Code/ccfr3 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:05:13 -0700 http://swik.net/RIA/del.icio.us%2Ftag%2FRIA/Introducing+SproutCore+-+InsideRIA/ccfml an introduction to sproutcore and some of the design patterns it implements Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:05:09 -0700 http://swik.net/json/del.icio.us%2Ftag%2Fjson/touchcode+-+Google+Code/ccflm Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:04:52 -0700 http://swik.net/swt/del.icio.us%2Ftag%2FSWT/L.+Mihalkovic+%22+Blog+Archive+%22+Making+SWT+look+more+native+on+Mac+OS/ccfdn Some stuff about how to make a unified toolbar using SWT on the Mac. Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:05:36 -0700 http://swik.net/iphone/deli.cio.us%2Ftags%2Fiphone/iphone-google-maps-component+-+Google+Code/ccdij A Google Maps Component for Cocoa Touch Wed, 13 Aug 2008 05:05:20 -0700 http://swik.net/User:jeyrb/del.icio.us%2Fnetwork%2Fjey/%5Bfrom+fuzzyfrog%5D+Cocoa+Naming+conventions/ccczn Wed, 13 Aug 2008 02:04:18 -0700 http://swik.net/json/del.icio.us%2Ftag%2Fjson/json-framework+-+Google+Code/cccqh Tue, 12 Aug 2008 23:04:45 -0700 http://swik.net/Emacs/del.icio.us+tag%2Femacs/Integrating+Emacs+and+XCode+%22+Brett+Hutley%27s+Site/cb759 Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:05:00 -0700 http://swik.net/opensource/del.icio.us+tag%2Fopensource/downloads/cb41x Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:09:56 -0700 http://swik.net/iphone/deli.cio.us%2Ftags%2Fiphone/touchclipboard+-+Google+Code/cb4eg Sun, 10 Aug 2008 11:14:12 -0700