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Everything about Foundation Kit

Fundamental Objective-C framework within OpenStep specification

The Foundation Kit, or just Foundation for short, is an Objective-C framework in the OpenStep specification described by NeXT Computer, Inc. It provides basic classes such as wrapper classes and data structure classes. This framework uses the prefix NS. It is also part of Cocoa and of the Swift standard library. Wikipedia →

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

  1. Read the overview: Foundation KitA 5-minute orientation
  2. Pick up a classic book: Houghton Mifflin Portals CaliforniaThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  3. Read the landmark paper: Survival kit for a foundation doctorCited 0 times
  4. Go sideways: GNUstepA closely related topic
  5. Go sideways: AppKitA closely related topic

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🗂️ The subject at a glance

  1. Classes
  2. Major implementations

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

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