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