Reference Library
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2008-07-11 Dashcode User Guide (HTML) (PDF) (日本語 HTML) (日本語 PDF) (Français HTML) (Français PDF) (Deutsch HTML) (Deutsch PDF) (Español HTML) (Español PDF) (Nederlands HTML) (Nederlands PDF) (Italiano HTML) (Italiano PDF) (简体中文 HTML) (简体中文 PDF)
Added a new tutorial for web applications and descriptions for new templates and parts introduced in Dashcode 2.0.
 Content Update Guides Dashcode, Scripting & Automation
2008-07-11 File System Overview (HTML) (PDF)
Revised information about initial file permissions.
 Minor Change Guides Files & Software Installation
2008-07-11 Xcode Source Management Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Added details about the project root.
 Minor Change Guides Source Control, Xcode
2008-07-08 The Objective-C 2.0 Programming Language (HTML) (PDF)
Corrected typographical errors.
 Minor Change Guides General
2008-07-08 Xcode Build System Guide (HTML) (PDF)
New document that provides a detailed description of the Xcode build system and shows how to customize it.
 First Version Guides Xcode
2008-07-08 Xcode Project Management Guide (HTML) (PDF)
New document that provides practical descriptions of the major development tasks developers perform with Xcode.
 First Version Guides Xcode
2008-06-26 Xcode 3.1 Release Notes (HTML)
Updated for Xcode 3.1
 Content Update Release Notes Xcode
2008-06-23 OpenGL Shader Builder User Guide (HTML) (PDF)
New document that explains how to use OpenGL Shader Builder to develop and test GPU programs.
 First Version Guides Graphics & Imaging
2008-06-19 Debugging with GDB (HTML)
Content Update Guides Compiling & Debugging
2008-06-19 GDB Internals (HTML)
Content Update Guides Compiling & Debugging
2008-06-19 GNU Make (HTML)
Content Update Reference Compiling & Debugging
2008-06-19 Libtool (HTML)
Content Update Reference Compiling & Debugging
2008-06-19 Netwide Assembler Guide (HTML)
Content Update Reference Compiling & Debugging, Darwin
2008-06-19 STABS Debug Format (HTML)
Content Update Reference Compiling & Debugging
2008-06-09 Customizing Rails Applications on Mac OS X Leopard (HTML)
First Version Articles General, Scripting & Automation, Xcode
2008-06-09 Deploying Rails Applications on Mac OS X Leopard (HTML)
First Version Articles General, Scripting & Automation, Xcode
2008-06-09 Developing Rails Applications on Mac OS X Leopard (HTML)
First Version Articles General, Scripting & Automation, Xcode
2008-06-09 Using Doxygen to Create Xcode Documentation Sets (HTML)
First Version Articles General, Xcode
2008-06-05 Xcode Quick Tour Guide for Mac OS X (HTML) (PDF)
Made minor updates to several chapters. Changed the title from "Xcode Quick Tour Guide."
 Minor Change Guides General, Xcode
2008-06-03 Dashcode 2.0 Release Notes (HTML)
Updated for Dashcode 2.0.
 Content Update Release Notes Dashcode
2008-05-30 Interface Builder 3.1 Release Notes (HTML)
Content Update Release Notes Interface Builder
2008-05-30 Xcode User Default Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Made corrections.
 Minor Change Reference Xcode
2008-05-29 ld Release Notes for Xcode 3.1 (HTML)
Content Update Release Notes Xcode
2008-05-27 Xcode Installation Guide (HTML) (PDF) (日本語 HTML) (日本語 PDF)
New document that describes general installation issues for Xcode users.
 First Version Guides Xcode
2008-05-27 Xcode Overview (HTML) (PDF) (日本語 HTML) (日本語 PDF)
New document that describes the Xcode IDE and its major components, and provides and overview of the development process.
 First Version Guides Xcode
2008-05-22 What's New in Xcode (HTML) (PDF)
Updated for Xcode 3.1.
 Content Update Guides Xcode
2008-05-22 Xcode Workspace Guide (HTML) (PDF)
New document that provides an overview of the Xcode workspace, and shows how to use its components and features.
 First Version Guides Xcode
2008-05-21 Xcode Build Setting Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Update for Xcode 3.1.
 Content Update Reference Compiling & Debugging, Xcode
2008-05-19 Xcode Refactoring Guide (HTML) (PDF)
New document that describes source code refactoring and shows how to perform refactoring operations in Xcode.
 First Version Guides Xcode
2008-05-16 Xcode Debugging Guide (HTML) (PDF)
New document that describes the Xcode debugging facilities and the recommended debugging techniques.
 First Version Guides Xcode
2008-05-02 Xcode Unit Testing Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Updated for Xcode 3.0.
 Minor Change Guides Xcode
2008-04-29 Mac OS X Man Pages (HTML)
Updated Java manual pages.
 Content Update Reference Darwin
2008-04-15 Xcode Design Tools for Class Modeling (HTML) (PDF)
New document that describes the Xcode Design Tools for Class Modeling.
 First Version Guides Xcode
2008-04-15 Xcode Tools for Core Data (HTML) (PDF)
New document that describes the Xcode modeling tools for Core Data.
 First Version Guides Xcode
2008-04-14 Shark User Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Content Update Guides Performance
2008-04-08 CPlusTest Reference (HTML)
Reprocessed content with new toolchain.
 Minor Change Reference Xcode
2008-04-08 HeaderDoc User Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Updated for Mac OS X v10.5.
Content Update Guides Darwin, Xcode
2008-04-08 Porting UNIX/Linux Applications to Mac OS X (HTML) (PDF)
Fixed minor typographical errors and omissions.
 Minor Change Guides Darwin
2008-04-08 Shell Scripting Primer (HTML) (PDF)
Fixed a bug in an awk code sample.
 Minor Change Guides Scripting & Automation
2008-04-01 CrashReporter (HTML)
Corrected a long-standing mistyping of the srr0 register name.
 Minor Change Technical Notes Compiling & Debugging
2008-03-11 How to work around HIMovieViewCreate failing (HTML)
Editorial
 Minor Change Technical Q&As Interface Builder
2008-03-11 WebObjects 5.4.1 Reference (HTML)
Updated for WebObjects 5.4.1.
Content Update Reference WebObjects
2008-03-06 Missing Results in Xcode Project Find Window (HTML)
First Version
 First Version Technical Q&As Xcode
2008-03-05 Interface Builder 3.0 Release Notes (HTML)
Updated for Interface Builder 3.0
 First Version Release Notes Interface Builder
2008-02-11 LLVM-GCC Release Notes (HTML)
New document that lists changes to LLVM-GCC technology.
 First Version Release Notes Compiling & Debugging
2008-02-08 Instruments User Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Explained how playing protected content affects systemwide data collection.
 Minor Change Guides Performance
2008-02-08 OpenGL Driver Monitor User Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Fixed a link.
 Minor Change Guides Graphics & Imaging
2008-02-08 OpenGL Profiler User Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Fixed a link.
 Minor Change Guides Graphics & Imaging
2008-01-23 GNU C 4.2 Preprocessor Internals (HTML)
Updated for GCC 4.2.1
 First Version Guides Compiling & Debugging
2008-01-23 GNU C 4.2 Preprocessor User Guide (HTML)
Updated for GCC 4.2.1
 First Version Reference Compiling & Debugging, Darwin
2008-01-23 GNU C/C++/Objective-C 4.2.1 Compiler User Guide (HTML)
Updated for GCC 4.2.1
 First Version Reference Compiling & Debugging, Darwin, Intel-Based Macs
2008-01-23 GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) 4.2 Internals (HTML)
Updated for GCC 4.2.1
 First Version Guides Compiling & Debugging
2008-01-23 Programmatically causing restart, shutdown and/or logout (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
Added information for daemon authors.
 Content Update Technical Q&As Scripting & Automation
2008-01-21 Connecting the Font Menu in Interface Builder 3 (HTML)
First Version
 First Version Technical Q&As Interface Builder
2008-01-15 Apple JavaScript Coding Guidelines (HTML) (PDF)
Changed the title from "JavaScript Coding Guidelines for Mac OS X."
 Minor Change Guides Dashcode, Files & Software Installation, Scripting & Automation
2008-01-15 Web Kit DOM Reference (HTML)
Fixed missing content.
 Minor Change Reference Dashcode
2007-12-30 Xcode Mapping Tool for Core Data (HTML) (PDF)
New document that describes the Xcode mapping tool for Core Data.
 First Version Guides Xcode
2007-12-22 AppleScript Studio 1.4 Release Notes (HTML)
Moving Tiger AppleScript Studio Release Notes to separate document.
 Minor Change Release Notes Scripting & Automation
2007-12-21 Debugging Process Startup (HTML)
First Version
 First Version Technical Q&As Compiling & Debugging
2007-12-11 Automator Programming Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Added information about specifying action input and output, and about bringing Tiger actions forward to Leopard.
 Minor Change Guides Scripting & Automation
2007-12-11 Boinx Starts with Sample Code: FotoMagico Is a Powerful Digital Slideshow (HTML)
New success story on Boinx FotoMagico
 First Version Articles General
2007-12-11 GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) Internals (HTML)
First Version Guides Compiling & Debugging
2007-12-11 Leopard Technology Series for Developers: Graphics & Media Overview (HTML)
New article that describes Leopard's graphics and media capabilities
 First Version Articles Graphics & Imaging
2007-12-11 Leopard Technology Series for Developers: Objective-C 2.0 Overview (HTML)
New article that describes features and capabilities introduced in Objective-C 2.0.
 First Version Articles General
2007-12-11 WebObjects 5.4 Release Notes (HTML) (PDF)
Updated for Mac OS X v10.5 and WebObjects 5.4.
 Content Update Release Notes WebObjects
2007-12-03 User's Guide to gperf 3.0.1 (HTML)
First Version Guides Compiling & Debugging