Mocha [DEPRECATED]

An umbrella framework replacement for Cocoa with category-based additions, extensions, and fixes.

The framework as a whole is still very experimental and should be used with caution, but a majority of its extensions and fixes are bug-proof.

Features

• CG/NS-style bridging in NSAffineTransform, NSImage, NSColor, and NSBezierPath.
• Modern Objective-C Syntax support, including NSCache, and NSUserDefaults.
• Reading NSError call stack symbols from when the error occured.
• NSProcessInfo activity support with display and system sleep suspension.
• NSString fuzzy equivalency and symbolic link/alias resolution.
• Block-based extensions for NSImage, NSTimer, CAAnimation, and CATransaction.
• NSTabView animation and gesture support, slightly mimicking NSPageController.
• A backwards compatible NSUUID class implementation.
• Conical (not angular, but fan-shaped) NSGradient support.
• Interface Builder compatibility additions for NSControl, NSCell, NSPopover, and more.
• Vertical text alignment in NSTextFieldCell, and NSTextField accessory views.
• NSSecureTextField chroma hashing for color-based password "visibility".
• iOS-style flashing cursors with custom insertion point width and animations.
• Context-aware NSAlert popovers with block-based extensions.
• Sheet queueing and completion handler support for NSWindow.
• Context-aware NSColorPanel popovers with tear-off to the standard panel.
• Layer or image snapshots of NSViews and animated scrolling.
• Animatable NSWindow layers with display-synchronized live preview and animations.
• The usual plethora of convenience methods and formal AppKit deprecations.

Platform Requirements

• OS X 10.7+
• 64-bit Modern Objective-C ABI
• LLVM/Clang 4.0+ Toolchain (Xcode 4.4+)

Contributing

Please see CONTRIBUTING.md.

License

Mocha is released under the MIT license. See LICENSE.md.