Hi, Actually, the developers of IB don't know any more about OBJC or apis than anyone else. It is just a convenient way of designing the UI and other aspects of the architecture of an app. There are also performance benefits for using IB in that you have the ability to only loads resources in to memory when they are needed, such as windows or panels. You can also initialize the values of object properties in the xib so you don't have to actually instantiate the object at run time.
It does not write your app for you. You can't possibly develop an app with it unless you know objective C and C. If you drag a button or textfield out of the library on to your canvas and position it in the window, it still does absolutely nothing with out code. All of the documentation for all of the apis used in IB, or any others can be found on develper.apple.com. For example, just go to google and type NSButton or UITableViewController and the class references will be at or very near the top of the search results. Hear is some objective c links: http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/ProgrammingWithObjectiveC/Introduction/Introduction.html https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#referencelibrary/GettingStarted/Learning_Objective-C_A_Primer/index.html A Cocoa link: https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/CocoaFundamentals/Introduction/Introduction.html a Mac app development link: https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#referencelibrary/GettingStarted/RoadMapOSX/books/RM_YourFirstApp_Mac/Articles/GettingStarted.html Some IOS development links: http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/iphone/conceptual/iphone101/Articles/00_Introduction.html http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/iPhone/Conceptual/SecondiOSAppTutorial/Introduction/Introduction.html http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/General/Conceptual/iCloud101/GettingStarted/GettingStarted.html%23//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40011317-CH2-SW1 If you have a Mac and you are interested in app development, You have all of the tools and documentation at your disposal. You don't need to buy any special books to learn how to do things. I posted a lot of links, but that is just a fraction of what is available. I'm just trying to show people that there is lots of docs out there. Later to day or tomorrow, I will post on how to lay out a simple window and create an outlet and action in your code using IB. I've posted this before and I'm sure it is in the archives somewhere, but I think I can do a much better job. For one thing, I'm not going to explain how to use vo as no one has any business doing any kind of work with XCode until you know how to do that. Hope that helps. -- Barry Hadder bhad...@gmail.com https://twitter.com/BarryHadder UnitMaster Available in the Mac app store. On Jul 5, 2013, at 9:41 AM, Paul Hunt <prhu...@att.net> wrote: Hello Tyler. Here’s the problem. The developers who build the Interface Builder know a lot more about Objective C and the various APIS than we do. When people use the Interface builder, much of the heavy lifting is already done for them. Consequently, Authors who write textbooks don’t take the time to take us under the hood where we really need to be. Instead, they teach the Interface builder then teach students to write the code for the events. I checked www.overstock.com and found it to be a huge general purpose forum. We really need access to comprehensive Objective C documentation, a complete list of the APIS and the documentation for each. Once we learn to build applications programmatically, then we are more competent programmers than our sighted counterparts because we understand what’s really going on. In addition, when we use a textbook, we literally have to translate Interface Builder speak into lines of code. The question then is this, where is the Objective C documentation? Where can we find a description of all of the APIS? Can you point us in the right direction? Thanks so much. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf OfTyler Thompson Sent: Friday, July 5, 2013 2:13 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: xcode creating actions and outlets believe me i understand the frustrations of working with objective C, especially if it’s new. As it happens I find that programmatically linking your UI elements tends to actually work a little better (as it gives you much more control), but for each person it’s different :) On Jul 5, 2013, at 1:05 AM, Yuma Antoine Decaux <jamy...@gmail.com> wrote: Hi, There is a method which i found on the maccessibility news page. Convoluted, and not able to do it yet, it's driving me crazy. I might try it programmatically but i'm going through a textbook method and they're entirely gui based so i'm left wanting, once more. Starting to get tired of the whole idea of computers. Feel like throwing this macbook out and hammer it "Light has no value without darkness" On 5/07/2013, at 12:28 PM, Tyler Thompson <tktpianostud...@gmail.com> wrote: To tack on to my previous comment here’s how you can programatically link objects with objective c NSButton *theButton; [theButton addTarget:self action:@selector(buttonMethod:) forControlEvents:someControlEvent]; On Jul 4, 2013, at 10:23 PM, Yuma Antoine Decaux <jamy...@gmail.com> wrote: Hi All, I am going through an IOS book right now, and am stuck at a point where i need to create an action in my controller for a button. I'm supposed to control drag a button to my assistant editor so that x code can automatically place the appropriate action method and properties to my project.h, project.m and project.xib files. But there is no control drag in voice over. Is this another unsurmountable obstacle or is there actually a method to do this? 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