Apple ships Leopard early start kit

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Apple has begun offering the Leopard Early Start Kit, which contains the feature-complete beta version of Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) that was distributed at the WWDC (Worldwide developer conference) earlier this year.

• Leopard Beta - "Fast track your Mac OS X Leopard development by downloading Mac OS X Leopard Beta, Mac OS X Leopard Server Beta, and Xcode."
   
  
• Leopard Dev Center - "The Leopard Dev Center is updated with Leopard Beta Reference Library documents, including guides, release notes, sample code, and more"
   
  
• WWDC07 Leopard Videos - "Watch Apple engineers and experts from WWDC 2007 and Leopard Tech Talks through ADC on iTunes. See how you can start using technology from Leopard in your development process today."
   
  
• Coding Headstarts - "With video, lesson guide and sample code, Coding Headstarts show you how to create features in your application using the development languages, APIs and frameworks of Mac OS X Leopard."
  

Apple has also published the "Leopard Technology Series for Developers," which includes in-depth descriptions new technologies in Leopard. They include:

 

• Leopard Technology Overview
  
• Leopard Developer Tools Overview
  
• Introducing Dashcode
  
• Leopard Developer Application Technologies Overview
  
• Broadcast Your Application's Content with iChat Theater
  

The kit is available to ADC Premier or Select members.