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Beginning Mac OS X Tiger Dashboard Widget Development
* Aimed at the estimated 300,000 Mac OS X developers who are interested in customizing and creating widgets for their Dashboards, this timely book shows them how to tap into the power of Mac OS X Tiger to create and customize Dashboard widgets
* The expert author uses program examples and exercises to illustrate
the different ways to customize the Dashboard through widget development using simple authoring tools, Internet plug-ins, and text editors
* Begins with a discussion of the Dashboard concept and configuration and progresses to coverage of advanced functionality
* Covers tools, protecting code, configuration, properties, bundles, resources, extensions, and much more
Introduction.
Part I: An Introduction to Widgets.
Chapter 1: Tiger, Dashboard, and Widgets.
Chapter 2: The Basics of Widgetry.
Chapter 3: Widget Development Environment.
Chapter 4: Creating a Widget.
Chapter 5: Debugging and Testing.
Part II: Providing User Interaction.
Chapter 6: Giving a Widget Preferences.
Chapter 7: Widget Events.
Chapter 8: Adding to the Widget Interface.
Chapter 9: Adding Cut, Copy, and Paste to Your Widget.
Chapter 10: Adding Drag and Drop to the Widget.
Chapter 11: Access Keys.
Chapter 12: Using Plugins and Applets.
Part III: Example Widgets.
Chapter 13: Easy Envelopes.
Chapter 14: SecureCopy Widget.
Chapter 15: Amazon Album Art.
Chapter 16: Timbuktu Quick Connect.
Chapter 17: iPhoto Mini.
Chapter 19: More Widgets.
Appendix A: Answers to Exercises.
Appendix B: Additional Dashboard Programming Information.
Appendix C: Widget Distribution.
Index.
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