macOS Cocoa

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application framework graphical user interface framework software framework

macOS Cocoa is Apple’s native object-oriented application framework for building graphical user interfaces on macOS.

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Observed surface forms (10)

Surface form Occurrences
AppKit 7
Cocoa (API) 2
Objective-C Cocoa APIs 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf application framework ⓘ
graphical user interface framework ⓘ
software framework ⓘ
category Apple development framework ⓘ
developer Apple Inc. ⓘ
documentationSite Apple Developer Documentation ⓘ
fileFormat .nib ⓘ
.storyboard ⓘ
.xib ⓘ
firstAppearedIn macOS ⓘ
surface form: Mac OS X
includesFramework macOS Cocoa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: AppKit

Core Animation ⓘ
Core Data ⓘ
Quartz 2D ⓘ
surface form: Core Graphics

Core Image ⓘ
Core Text ⓘ
Foundation ⓘ
license proprietary ⓘ
mainGUIFramework macOS Cocoa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: AppKit
memoryManagementModel reference counting ⓘ
operatingSystem macOS ⓘ
platform desktop ⓘ
predecessor NeXTSTEP ⓘ
surface form: NeXTSTEP AppKit

OPENSTEP ⓘ
surface form: OpenStep AppKit
primaryIDE Xcode ⓘ
primaryLanguage Objective-C ⓘ
programmingModel object-oriented ⓘ
provides native look and feel on macOS ⓘ
relatedFramework UIKit ⓘ
surface form: Cocoa Touch

SwiftUI ⓘ
replacedAPI Carbon (for new GUI apps) ⓘ
supportedLanguage Objective-C++ ⓘ
Swift ⓘ
supports 64-bit applications ⓘ
Model-View-Controller ⓘ
surface form: Model-View-Controller pattern

accessibility APIs ⓘ
automatic reference counting ⓘ
bindings ⓘ
document-based applications ⓘ
drag and drop ⓘ
event-driven programming ⓘ
internationalization ⓘ
key-value coding ⓘ
key-value observing ⓘ
targetAudience macOS application developers ⓘ
uiParadigm graphical user interface ⓘ
usesInterfaceBuilder true ⓘ
usesRuntime Objective-C runtime ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Objective-C → associatedFramework → macOS Cocoa ⓘ
this entity surface form: AppKit
subject surface form: Classic Environment
this entity surface form: Mac OS X technology
Touch Bar → controlledBy → macOS Cocoa ⓘ
this entity surface form: macOS Touch Bar API
this entity surface form: Objective-C Cocoa APIs
Cocoa → includes → macOS Cocoa ⓘ
this entity surface form: AppKit framework
macOS Cocoa → includesFramework → macOS Cocoa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: AppKit
NeXTSTEP Foundation Kit → influenced → macOS Cocoa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Objective-C Cocoa APIs
NeXTstation in 1990 → influenced → macOS Cocoa ⓘ
subject surface form: NeXTstation
this entity surface form: Cocoa frameworks
SwiftUI → integratesWith → macOS Cocoa ⓘ
this entity surface form: AppKit
macOS Cocoa → mainGUIFramework → macOS Cocoa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: AppKit
this entity surface form: Cocoa (API)
OPENSTEP → relatedTo → macOS Cocoa ⓘ
this entity surface form: macOS Cocoa API
UIKit → relatedTo → macOS Cocoa ⓘ
this entity surface form: AppKit
this entity surface form: Cocoa (API)
subject surface form: QuickDraw
this entity surface form: Core Graphics
Macintosh Toolbox → supersededBy → macOS Cocoa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cocoa API
Touch Bar → supportedByFramework → macOS Cocoa ⓘ
this entity surface form: AppKit
GNU Emacs → supportsDisplayProtocol → macOS Cocoa ⓘ
Swift → usedWithFramework → macOS Cocoa ⓘ
subject surface form: Swift (programming language)
this entity surface form: AppKit