Articles:

Sweetening Your Xgrid with Cocoa
Last time, Drew McCormack took you through the changes that Xgrid has seen in Tiger, showed you how to setup a private Xgrid controller, and run simple jobs with the Xgrid command-line tool. This time he takes a look at XGridFoundation, a framework that allows you to integrate Xgrid into your Cocoa applications. Sep. 13, 2005

Distributed Tiger: Xgrid Comes of Age
In this first of two articles, Drew McCormack shows you how to set up a small Xgrid for testing purposes, submit simple jobs to the grid with the command line interface (CLI), and query their progress. The second article will be a Cocoa Tour de Force, involving new Tiger technologies like Automator and Core Image, in addition to Xgrid. Aug. 23, 2005

Integrating Xgrid into Cocoa Applications, Part 2
Last week in Part 1, Drew McCormack showed you how to install and start using Xgrid. Now in Part 2, he covers integration with Cocoa using a little program called Photo Industry. This will be an Xgrid-enabled app, and what's more, it will be a standalone app, not an Xgrid client plugin. May. 18, 2004

Integrating Xgrid into Cocoa Applications, Part 1
In this first of two articles exploring Xgrid, Drew McCormack provides you with a little background information, then moves to installation, and finishes off with a command-line script for distributing compilation using Xgrid. May. 11, 2004

Multiprocessor Work Sharing with Cocoa
With many Apple systems sporting dual processors, and rumors rife that four-processor systems are not far away, it's becoming more important that Mac programmers consider how multiprocessing can be tapped in their own applications. Drew McCormack shows you how to restructure your code to take advantage of multiple processors. May. 23, 2003

Developing Visualization Applications with Cocoa and VTK, Part 2
In Part 1 you learned how to install VTK, create a project in Project Builder, and modify the VTK classes to integrate them into Cocoa. This time around you'll actually create an application which incorporates elements of Cocoa and VTK. Mar. 25, 2003

Developing Visualization Applications with Cocoa and VTK
You can turn your garden variety iBook into a powerful scientific ally by creating visualization apps using Cocoa and VTK. Drew McCormack shows you how to set this up and get started. Feb. 11, 2003