jerry Posted March 8, 2005 Share Posted March 8, 2005 How can I write/code an app for Mac OS X ? How do I use Cocoa(sp?) interface etc for the app ? Just looking for something to keep myself busy. :p Thanks :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliott Posted March 8, 2005 Share Posted March 8, 2005 Cocoa Dev Central is a good place to start. It'll walk you through from the basics to the advanced fun. Cocoa really is a treat to learn and use. Most Cocoa developers you run by will swear by it and its ease of use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudy Posted March 8, 2005 Share Posted March 8, 2005 im in the process of learning obj-c myself so i can start coding for my new mini mac. i didnt get much done yet since i was studying for my math midterm but now that im done i can finally try to get comfortable with obj-c so i can finally write some real apps, my first project is most likely going to be an msn client (because i cant find one that i like for OSX) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudy Posted March 8, 2005 Share Posted March 8, 2005 here's a good link i was given by someone in the programming forum http://developer.apple.com/documentation/C...0416-TP30000856 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mootymoots Posted March 8, 2005 Share Posted March 8, 2005 so whats the difference between using Cocoa and X-Tools ? Im a total noob to this, so just wondered :) TIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aristotle-dude Posted March 8, 2005 Share Posted March 8, 2005 so whats the difference between using Cocoa and X-Tools ? Im a total noob to this, so just wondered :)TIA 585588352[/snapback] I assume that you meant Xcode right? Cocoa is an API (decended from OpenStep/NeXTStep API) which is fully OO. There is also a more C-like API called Carbon which is used for backwards compatibilty. Unless you want to target both OS X and OS 9, you would only be using Carbon if you are interfacing with things like Quicktime. Cocoa is somewhat like .NET whereas Carbon is more like the Win32 api. It's familiar to older programmers who have been on the platform since the OS 8-9 days or before. Xcode is of course the IDE for OS X. BTW. You can code against Cocoa with Objective-C, Java, Applescript and several other languages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mootymoots Posted March 8, 2005 Share Posted March 8, 2005 yea x-code... my bad. Swear I read x-tools lol! Thx for the info! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerry Posted March 9, 2005 Author Share Posted March 9, 2005 Thanks for the links jaggedEdge, Rufy & aristotle-dude. :) *Sits down to do some reading* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudy Posted March 9, 2005 Share Posted March 9, 2005 Thanks for the links jaggedEdge, Rufy & aristotle-dude. :)*Sits down to do some reading* 585588856[/snapback] Rufy..... :cry: lol its all good np Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliott Posted March 9, 2005 Share Posted March 9, 2005 :laugh: Rufy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PureLogic Posted March 9, 2005 Share Posted March 9, 2005 Rufy..... :cry: 585590262[/snapback] aaaw! :( :laugh: Can't you do stuff like that with Xcode Tools? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerry Posted March 9, 2005 Author Share Posted March 9, 2005 Rufy..... :cry: lol its all good np 585590262[/snapback] damn I cant edit it ! :cry: Hope there is no typo again ... Thanks Rudy ! :yes: ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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