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Defining the View: Building the User Interface

Every application has a user interface. It can be a tedious and infuriating task to design user interfaces without a good program to help you. Interface Builder, an application supplied with Xcode, makes designing user interfaces simple, and so turns a tedious task into something easy.

This chapter teaches you how Interface Builder integrates with Cocoa. It guides you through building the user interface for your application. You learn where to locate the tools you need and how to use the features in Interface Builder to create a the perfect user interface for your application.

Contents:

User Interface Elements and Interface Builder
Creating the Currency Converter Window
Refining the Layout and View Functionality
Test the Interface
What’s Next?

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