Core Mac OS X and UNIX Programming [Paperback]

Mark Dalrymple (Author), Aaron Hillegass (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 2003

This is the first book to introduce programmers to Darwin and the Core Technologies. Without an understanding of how the plumbing works, developers cannot get the best performance and reliability out of their Mac OS X applications. This book provides that knowledge.

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Mark Dalrymple and Aaron Hillegass

Product Details

• Paperback: 541 pages
• Publisher: Big Nerd Ranch (June 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0974078506
• ISBN-13: 978-0974078502
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7.1 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,700,738 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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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.

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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, in depth coverage of OS X UNIX programming, November 6, 2004

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Manuel A. Ricart "aricart" (Cottage Grove, MN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Core Mac OS X and UNIX Programming (Paperback)

This book is a bit on the pricey side, but it delivers the goods more than many other expensive book in my bookshelf. I own hundreds of programming books (as well as have written several of them). Of them all there is only a handful that I consider trully excellent. This is one of them.

This book covers every possible topic (both OS X specific and UNIX) that you could possibly think of, but the coverage is not lightweight. It is heavy duty information delivered at its best. Fine code examples, and fine discussion, well worth the price.

If Amazon had a ten star rating, this book would get it. - GET IT!

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing, advanced Mac OS X book, May 20, 2004

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Scott Knaster (California, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Core Mac OS X and UNIX Programming (Paperback)

If you're a programmer and you want to learn more about Mac OS X and its Unix underpinnings, you must have this book. The information in here is not available anywhere else, including in Apple's documentation. The authors have done a remarkable job in ferreting out cool stuff, such as how the memory model works, programming with sockets, using GDB, multithreading, and a zillion more nifty topics. This is a remarkable book.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best, March 15, 2004

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John A. Vink "JAV" (Cupertino, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Core Mac OS X and UNIX Programming (Paperback)

This is probably the best book I own on Mac programming. It goes into the lower level, hard-core topics that other books are afraid to touch. As I read it straight through, cover to cover, I see how I've been doing things wrong, and I constantly refer back to concepts I just read when I write new code. It makes me the envy of all my peers.