Summary

Interface Builder can save you a lot of work, even if you're the code-as-much-as-possible type. The more time you can invest in getting into its deeper features, the easier and faster it will be to use.

You have learned the following in this chapter:

• Using the project navigator's HUD
• Using NSStackViews to simplify UI layout
• Using the Debug View Hierarchy to gain clarity around the UI
• How to navigate the Debug View Hierarchy, and restrict the information shown using the filters provided
• The hows and whys of refactoring storyboards
• Editing a storyboard's underlying XML code

In the next chapter, we will look at how to get the most out of Cocoa's drawing framework, Core Graphics.