Xcode

Sterling_Bass · #1 05-28-2009, 08:48 PM

Does anyone here program using Xcode and Cocoa? How did you get started? Were you totally new to programming or did you have a background in C++, Obj-C, etc? Tips on learning the fundamentals are greatly appreciated.

Sterling_Bass · #2 05-29-2009, 10:33 AM

Bump.

MakiSupaStar · #3 05-29-2009, 01:16 PM

You'd be better off on another forum.

Sterling_Bass · #4 05-29-2009, 01:54 PM

I have been doing research on other forums and websites, I was just looking for another source of information.

warnergt · #5 05-29-2009, 03:26 PM

Apple has a bunch of stuff online and good forums to get your questions answered.
Start here:
http://developer.apple.com/

I use Xcode but I don't use Cocoa. I use it strictly for C.
It's a great tool and killer fast - and free!

Sterling_Bass · #6 05-29-2009, 04:02 PM

The Apple site is a great one. Is programming your career or a hobby?

warnergt · #7 05-30-2009, 08:54 AM

Programming is my career. However, as much as I wish it were, Xcode
isn't my primary tool. Most of the tools we use are specialized and
require Windows.

One of the incredible capabilities of the newer Intel Macs is that
you can run Windows and Mac OS X simultaneously. I run my C-based
simulations on the Mac side where they are wicked fast and I do my
editing on the Mac side where I believe the editing tools are far
superior. And I use our Windows-based tools on the Windows side.

Sterling_Bass · #8 05-30-2009, 10:04 AM

It's a great advantage to run the OS's simultaneously.

NJL · #9 05-30-2009, 05:27 PM

in addition to the apple forum and site, check out macrumors.com and the programming forum there.. there are a few books you need to check out..

Sterling_Bass · #10 05-30-2009, 09:35 PM

That has been one of the primary sites I have been doing research on. Their guides at the top of the page and the threads are really useful.

fdeck · #11 05-30-2009, 09:45 PM

It all depends on what kind of programming you want to do. There is no such thing as a one size fits all tool.

For instance, I do quite a lot of programming, as a problem solving tool, but I don't develop commercial software. So I honestly have no use for C++. I have been quite happy with Visual Basic for more than a decade, both stand-alone and for macros in Excel. And I do some "programming" in a computer algebra system called Maxima.

You can see some of my code at my little web page to get an idea of useful small-scale programming work that is not commercial software development.

I also develop code for microcontrollers, for which C is pretty much the only game in town.

Now I have not programmed on a Mac since System 7, but I would wonder about hitching my wagon to a proprietary Mac development tool when the world is going open-source and multi-platform. That's the direction where I want to be headed.