Introduction to Coding Guidelines for Cocoa

Provides naming guidelines for Cocoa API and design advice to framework developers.

Organization of This Document

The articles contained in this topic fall into two general types. The first and larger group presents naming conventions for programmatic interfaces. These are the same conventions (with some minor exceptions) that Apple uses for its own Cocoa frameworks. These articles on naming conventions include the following:

Code Naming Basics

Naming Methods

Naming Functions

Naming Properties and Data Types

Acceptable Abbreviations and Acronyms

The second group (currently with a membership of one) discusses aspects of framework programming:

Tips and Techniques for Framework Developers