macOS Development Tutorials

Want to learn how to develop apps for your Mac using Swift?

Check out our collection of over 15 free macOS development tutorials, covering everything you know to get started!

Note: All macOS tutorials on our site use Apple’s new Swift programming language. If you are new to Swift, be sure to check out our Swift Language Tutorials first.

Getting Started

The best way to get started is with part 1 of our Mac OS X Development Tutorial for Beginners series.

This series will teach you the basics of getting started with OS X development. You can then move on to learn about some of the Core Controls in OS X, like labels, combo boxes, and buttons.

• Cocoa Bindings on macOS
• macOS Controls Tutorial: Part 1/2
• macOS Controls Tutorial: Part 2/2
• macOS Development for Beginners: Part 1
• macOS Development for Beginners: Part 2
• macOS Development for Beginners: Part 3
• Command Line Programs on macOS Tutorial
• Menus and Popovers in Menu Bar Apps for macOS

Windows, Views, and View Controllers

Once you have gone through the basics, you should learn about how windows, views, and view controllers work in OS X, along with some of the critical view controllers and views that you will be using in your day-to-day development.

• Collection Views in OS X Tutorial
• OS X Stack Views with NSStackView
• NSOutlineView on macOS Tutorial
• Advanced Collection Views in OS X Tutorial
• Drag and Drop Tutorial for macOS
• macOS NSTableView Tutorial
• NSCollectionView Tutorial
• macOS View Controllers Tutorial
• Windows and WindowController Tutorial for macOS

Other OS X Development Tutorials

But wait, there's more! In this section, you'll learn how to make specialty apps that run on the command lnine, apps that run other command line programs, and even apps that reside primarily in the menu bar.

• NSTask Tutorial for OS X
• Core Graphics on macOS Tutorial
• Scanner Tutorial for macOS
• Making A Mac App Scriptable Tutorial
• Unit Testing on macOS: Part 1/2
• Unit Testing on macOS: Part 2/2
• How to Use NSTouchBar on macOS
• FileManager Class Tutorial for macOS: Getting Started with the File System
• Porting Your iOS App to macOS

from https://www.raywenderlich.com/category/macos