I was under the impression that the public beta actually had Project Builder on it, and the Java implementation was much better than DP4.
If so, I'd just do that. Linux will have…
Well, I'd wager my company does more Cocoa development than about anyone ('cept maybe Stone), so I admit I'm biased...
But, I don't much care for Java. Used it, wrote some code f…
I'd go simpler still: learn to write tight, complete Applescript. If you hate Applescript, programming in general will probably not appeal. If you want to work at a beginnner level…
Regarding Java vs. Obj-C: The reality of the market is that there are three primary platforms - Windows, Mac, and Linux. In order to reduce development and service costs, you wan…
Register as an Apple Developer with the free Online Membership! You will be able to download the Developer Tools to work with the MacOS X beta. The Public Beta does not include t…
Apple has been pushing Carbon as an transitory technology but they really should not be. Carbon is maturing into a lot more than a simple way to move OS9 apps to OSX. The develop…
I just wanted to let you guys know that the sun java tools/compiler is included with the public beta, so if you can bear the command line, you can start out developing in java with…
Carbon is the traditional MacOS 8/9 API updated for OS X. For a new programmer it has a steep learning curve.
Cocoa is the traditional NeXTStep API updated for OS X. Cocoa is also…
Slider wrote (way up in this thread):
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OK, what would you recommend I use to learn UNIX on my Mac? I would be starting from scratch.
I'm in somewhat th…
I figured that I would chime in on these developer comments here. I just got into programing near the begining of this year. Therefore, I'm not an expert, feel free to correct me i…
One of the main advantages of Cocoa\Objective C is that it turns the whole OS into something similar to Lisp\Smalltalk machines. In those machines, since everything is an object i…