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Advanced Mac OS X Programming (2nd Edition of Core Mac OS X & Unix Programming) [Paperback]

Mark Dalrymple (Author), Aaron Hillegass (Author)
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)

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Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 2005 | ISBN-10: 0974078514 | ISBN-13: 978-0974078519 | Edition: 2
There are several other books on programming for Mac OS X, but none of them comtain explanations of how to leverage the powerful underlying technologies. This book goes down to the real nitty-gritty of multi-threading, interprocess communication, networking, performance tuning, distributed objects, queues, Bonjour, authentication, the keychain, and directory services. The tools are also covered: gcc, gdb, subversion, Shark, and Saturn.

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" ...clearly explains the tools and APIs that can radically improve the performance and reliability of your applications." -- -Eric Peyton

"...a must-have for any serious developer...it is the only book that...digs up real questions seeking real answers." -- -Review on OSNews.com

"...the book to have if you need to understand the plumbing that makes Mac OS X work." -- Eric Peyton

"...this book is a must-have for any serious developer..." -- OSNews.com

"I suspect this book will become a canonical reference, and may not be in need of a clever nickname." -- Slashdot

About the Author

Mark Dalrymple has been a Macintosh programmer since 1985 and a Unix programmer since 1990. Over the years he has worked on projects ranging from cross-platform development toolkits, parts of the Mac AOL client, and high-performance web server software servicing hundreds of millions of requests per day. Currently he heads Borkware, a custom application development and consultation company. Aaron Hillegrass who worked at NeXT and Apple, is the author of ""Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X."" He is also the founder of the Big Nerd Ranch. Big Nerd Ranch provides world-class training for Mac OS X and Unix developers.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 646 pages
  • Publisher: Big Nerd Ranch; 2 edition (October 1, 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0974078514
  • ISBN-13: 978-0974078519
  • Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 1.4 x 10 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #926,842 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Aaron Hillegass
Aaron Hillegass worked at NeXT and then Apple before creating Big Nerd Ranch, a training and consulting company that specializes in Mac, iPhone, and Open Source technologies.

He lives in Atlanta, where Big Nerd Ranch teaches most of its classes. These classes have led to the creation of a series of books: The Big Nerd Ranch Guides. These books follow a consistent style that features a hands-on approach and a clear and conversational tone.

Customer Reviews

4.3 out of 5 stars
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4.3 out of 5 stars
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“ If you're a Mac OS X developer and want to get serious about it, this book is mandatory. ” James Sodini  |  3 reviewers made a similar statement
“ This is, by far, the most detailed book on the subject available on the market. ” Paul E. Bible  |  1 reviewer made a similar statement
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47 of 58 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Probably more helpful for people with no/little Unix experience January 5, 2006
By Joshua A.
Format:Paperback
Although this book is well written in concept, the editing of the final product is awful. There are a great deal of grammatical errors which seemed to me a basic word-processor would have caught.

The book should be titled, more correctly, "Unix Programming for OS X." Unix system programmers will find almost nothing new in this book (gcc, gdb, file-systems, signals, libraries, etc. - although, the Objective-C examples can be helpful in understanding how to implement things in new ways, and also the chapter on Subversion was a nice introduction for me.)

If you are just learning how to program on a Unix platform, I'd recommend this book unequivocally. I paid full price for mine ($70), without taking a hard enough look at the contents and found myself with an expensive, redundant book on my shelf.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome book for anyone looking to learn low-level August 26, 2006
By James Cornell
Format:Paperback
This book fills in most gaps you might encounter while learning about the low-level BSD/Mach aspect of Mac OS X and Darwin. Mach and BSD iokit is described in detail, and there are tons of useful code examples all over the book. This book even explains ipc and pipes very well, and isn't the size of the bible, like other books. It gets to the point as soon as you get past the TOC.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Read This Book March 15, 2006
By James Sodini
Format:Paperback
If you're a Mac OS X developer and want to get serious about it, this book is mandatory. It is always on my desk right by the computer, and really is that perfect reference. Nothing really compares to this book, the previous Aaron Hillegass book is rather basic but is more of an introduction. I have a BS degree in CS and even though a lot of this has been covered, the rest of it is done in graduate school. So if you're looking for that little bit extra, give it a shot.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars A bit dated but excellent content
A must have for any serious MAC OS developer. Written in 2005, some of the content in this book is dated, mostly those chapters related to Frameworks and performance tools. Read more
Published on June 24, 2010 by L. Divringi
4.0 out of 5 stars Fills in a lot of gaps
This is a book that is about Mac OS X programming. Its easy to forget its title and expect that it would be advanced Cocoa programming but that is not the intent and therefore not... Read more
Published on February 7, 2010 by Keeping Rational
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Book
If you want to know about the finer details of Mac OS X Programming, this is the book to get. This is, by far, the most detailed book on the subject available on the market. Read more
Published on November 21, 2009 by Paul E. Bible
4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent information, but full of typos
This book is full of excellent information which is hard to find anywhere else, but it is also unbelievably full of typos. Read more
Published on February 20, 2009 by rjpryan
4.0 out of 5 stars Odd format... great content... scary title
When I first received this book, I was intimidated by the advanced topics in the table of contents and also the format of the book. Read more
Published on October 24, 2008 by Tiran Behrouz
4.0 out of 5 stars A great resource
Don't expect to learn to code from this book, but once you know how this book will help you solve any problems that you run across. Read more
Published on October 15, 2007 by Jesse Lee Curry
4.0 out of 5 stars Nice Book
If you are a Programmer not in College, this is a nice book. As I read it, I learned several new things but then when I took Operating Systems Programming, I realized that we went... Read more
Published on November 2, 2006 by over_kill
5.0 out of 5 stars All the neat tricks that aren't seen anywhere
I convinced the school library to buy the old version as it's too expensive. This 2nd edition is a lot cheaper and has a lot more to offer than its previous incarnation. Read more
Published on November 8, 2005 by T. Lo
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