Mac OS X represents the union of many different operating system technologies. At its core you will find Unix, an operating system once reserved for high-end servers and workstations, now found on common desktop systems.
This book teaches you the Objective- C language and introduces you to its companion, Apple’s Cocoa toolkit. Cocoa is written in Objective- C and contains all the elements of the Mac OS X user interface, plus a whole lot more. Once you learn Objectiv