Learning Cocoa with Objective-C is the "must-have" book for people who want to develop applications for Mac OS X, and is the only book approved and reviewed by Apple engineers. Based on the Jaguar release of Mac OS X 10.2, this edition of Learning Cocoa includes examples that use the Address Book and Universal Access APIs. Also included is a handy quick reference card, charting Cocoa's Foundation and AppKit frameworks, along with an Appendix that includes a listing of resources essential to any Cocoa developer--beginning or advanced.Completely revised and updated, this 2nd edition begins with some simple examples to familiarize you with the basic elements of Cocoa programming as well Apple's Developer Tools, including Project Builder and Interface Builder.After introducing you to Project Builder and Interface Builder, it brings you quickly up to speed on the concepts of object-oriented programming with Objective-C, the language of choice for building Cocoa applications. From there, each chapter presents a different sample program for you to build, with easy to follow, step-by-step instructions to teach you the fundamentals of Cocoa programming. The techniques you will learn in each chapter lay the foundation for more advanced techniques and concepts presented in later chapters.You'll learn how to:
<ul>
<li>Effectively use Apple's suite of Developer Tools, including Project Builder and Interface Builder</li>
<li>Build single- and multiple-window document-based applications</li>
<li>Manipulate text data using Cocoa's text handling capabilities</li>
<li>Draw with Cocoa</li>
<li>Add scripting functionality to your applications</li>
<li>Localize your application for multiple language support</li>
<li>Polish off your application by adding an icon for use in the Dock, provide Help, and package your program for distribution</li>
</ul>Each chapter ends with a series of Examples, challenging you to test your newly-learned skills by tweaking the application you've just built, or to go back to an earlier example and add to it some new functionality. Solutions are provided in the Appendix, but you're encouraged to learn by trying.Extensive programming experience is not required to complete the examples in the book, though experience with the C programming language will be helpful. If you are familiar with an object-oriented programming language such as Java or Smalltalk, you will rapidly come up to speed with the Objective-C language. Otherwise, basic object-oriented and language concepts are covered where needed.

Learning Cocoa with Objective-C, 2nd Edition

Computers & Technology

Davidson, James D.

Operating Systems

O'Reilly & Associates

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American Catholics: Gender, Generation, and Commitment

Politics & Social Sciences

D'Antonio, William V.

Hoge, Dean R.

Meyer, Katherine

Friend, Bishop William B.

Sociology

AltaMira Press

How much do American Catholics still identify with the Catholic Church? Do they agree with the Church's teachings, and how often do they participate in its sacraments? What do they think it takes to be a good Catholic? What do they consider to be the Church's core teachings? How do they believe issues of faith and morals should be decided: by the hierarchy, the laity, or some combination of the two? How are they coping with the priest shortage, and what do they believe the Church should do to solve the problem? How do they feel about social issues such as capital punishment and increased military spending? In American Catholics, four distinguished sociologists use national surveys from 1999, 1993, and 1987 to examine these issues. They show that Catholics' beliefs and practices are changing. They also demonstrate how differences in gender, generation, and commitment to the Church influence attitudes on all of these issues. Balanced and clear, filled with useful tables and charts, and unique in its ability to compare results over time, American Catholics makes essential reading for anyone interested in the future of Catholicism in the United States.

Faith and Social Ministry: Ten Christian Perspectives (Values and Ethics Series, Vol 1)

Johnson, C. Lincoln

Mock, Alan K.

Religion & Spirituality

Loyola Pr

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The Search for Common Ground: What Unites and Divides Catholic Americans

Whalen, William Joseph

Wittberg, Patricia

Williams, Andrea S.

Lamanna, Richard A.

Stenftenagel, Jan

Weigert, Kathleen Mass

History

Our Sunday Visitor

Ranking Faiths: Religious Stratification in America discusses how religion shapes access to power, privilege, and prestige in the U.S., both historically and today. James D. Davidson and Ralph E. Pyle dispel the idea that the U.S. was founded on the principle of religious equality for all, documenting how religion has been a factor in the allocation of power from the colonial period through the present. From the time of the earliest settlements in America through today, the book demonstrates that some religious groups have had more access to economic, political, and social rewards than others, and they have benefited from laws and customs that have maintained religious inequality over time. While a few religious groups, such as Catholics and Jews, have experienced significant upward mobility over time, the social status of most has remained remarkably static over time. The book shows how religious inequalities developed, highlight where they remain in society today, and discuss what Americans can and should do about it.

Ranking Faiths: Religious Stratification in America

Pyle, Ralph E.

Reference

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

The authors summarize existing data on Catholic laity's views toward the Church itself, as measured using nationwide polls. Based on a 1993 national survey, Laity: American and Catholic reports important trends in the attitudes of Catholic laity regarding church teachings, their participation in church ministry, and the Church's overall role in their lives.

Laity: American and Catholic: Transforming the Church

Wallace, Ruth A.

Christian Books & Bibles

Sheed Ward

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Lay Ministers and Their Spiritual Practices

Zech, Charles E.

Walters, Thomas P.

Cisco, Bede

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