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Writing a programming tutorial

Writing a programming tutorial Development 14 posts Apr 24, 2012 — Aug 17, 2012

#1 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 - 07:53

Hello,

I'm working on writing a set of programming tutorials aimed at beginners. The idea is to try and foster a community of developers among people who are passionate about 68k Macs but aren't necessarily professional programmers already. The first few pages of the tutorial are on my site, here: https://sites.google.com/site/chuzzum/mac-stuff/macintosh-c-programming-guide/macintosh-development-environments

This is a continuation of the programming guide I started a while ago on the wiki. I'd like to know what kind of feedback the community has for me and if there are any requests for specific knowledge that is desired. I'm working on a couple of other tools for the Classic developer community as well, including working on a port of Git to OS 9. (It is a struggle. But I have made some progress.)

#2 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 - 11:50

Your previous guide is what actually got me to get my feet wet on C. I look forward to the upcoming parts.

Thanks :approve:

#3 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 - 16:44

Thanks chuzzum, terrific resource there!

I will definitely use it this summer, will try to think up some topic ideas too.

Oooo, Git for Mac OS 9? I was just thinking the other day how great that would be. Please do keep us up to date on your progress.

#4 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 - 20:22

Brilliant. Just exactly I was looking for. Big thanks and keep them doing please. :approve:

#5 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 - 06:07

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#6 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 - 12:10

I guess the site was rearranged, but the link is there nevertheless.

https://sites.google.com/site/chuzzum/macintosh-c-programming-guide

#7 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 - 15:33

Yes, I rearranged things and also moved the site to an actual domain. The proper link is now http://code68k.extropicstudios.com, that one is guaranteed not to break. (In case I decide to stop using Google Sites at some point in the future.)

#8 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 - 15:40

Sweet. Hope you will find the time to write the tutorials.

#9 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 - 19:45

On it! Currently my time is divided between writing tutorials and working on porting Git during weekdays and fixing Mac hardware on weekends.

Oh, and school. I guess.

If a mod could update the link in the first post to point to the new address, I'd be much obliged. :b&w:

#10 Thu, 3 May 2012 - 16:04

Does the GIT-port work in System 6.0.8? OS9 is way too new for me

#11 Thu, 3 May 2012 - 17:31

Well, I'm basing the code off MacSSH which requires System 7.5.1 or higher... I imagine all the hashing and compression that Git has to do will probably add a lot of overhead as well. System 6 compatibility isn't completely out of the question, but it's pretty unlikely.

#12 Sun, 10 Jun 2012 - 17:41

I can program. I just wonder where I can get some kind of IDE for my mac, as I would love to program it. I found out about Macintosh Programer's Workshop, but all the links I found were...

BROKEN! >

Anyone know of a System 7.1P5 (whatever that means) C compiler, as I want to learn C anyway, and I would love to do it on my :lc: .

#13 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 - 18:01

@onlyonemac,

Here is a link to MPW that as of today still works. I don't know if it will run under System 7.1P5 though.

ftp://ftp.it.xemacs.org/%7BB/Apple/developer/Tool_Chest/Core_Mac_OS_Tools/MPW_etc./MPW-GM_Images/MPW-GM.img.bin

@chuzzum,

Thank you for making the Code68k tutorials. It's got me started making (or porting) 68k software. The references page also continues to be useful to me. My goal now is to port NetSurf to Mac OS.

How is the port of git going?

#14 Fri, 17 Aug 2012 - 17:16

Actually, I found a set of 6 (or was it 4) floppy disk images on Macintosh Garden for MPW. It installed and ran fine, but, for some reason, it didn't come with any compilers :O !

Instead, I got THINK C 5 from the same place, it I've had loads of fun with it since the evening I got it installed

!

P.S. I'll post the link, although I'm not sure if we're allowed to post links to Macintosh Garden.