Application Kit ― Contains
NSButtons, NSSliders,
and other user interface classes. Best used with the
Interface Builder application.
Foundation Kit ― Contains
classes that aid the manipulation of non-user interface data,
for example NSArray,
NSDictionary, NSString.
MusicKit ― Contains classes
such as MKNote, MKMidi,
MKConductor, and
MKOrchestra for doing DSP
synthesis, MIDI processing, scheduling, etc. The
MusicKit does not provide display
capabilities. To do this, you must combine the Music and
Application Kits.
SndKit ―
Contains the Snd class and
SndView, a class for
displaying a Snd. Lets you record, playback
and display sound data.
Each class in each Kit has a "Class Description" on-line. It describes the class in prose form, and describes in detail the instance variables and the methods. These Class Descriptions are also given out in class.
The Apple Kit documentation for the AppKit and FoundationKit is available as is the documentation for the MusicKit and SndKit.