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macOS Helpful development resources.

jeremy.king

jeremy.king

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Jul 23, 2002
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Hopefully this could become a sticky in this category, but I am starting a list of links that are useful when programming in OS X. This is what I have found so far:

Websites
http://developer.apple.com
http://cocoadevcentral.com/
http://www.cocoadev.com/index.pl
http://macdevcenter.com/
http://www.maczealots.com/
http://www.stepwise.com/
http://www.idevgames.com/
http://www.createmacgames.org/
http://www.xcodeforums.com/
http://macscripter.net/
http://www.sourceforge.net
http://cocoaprogramming.net/
http://java.sun.com
http://www.mindview.net/
http://developer.apple.com/referencelibrary/GettingStarted/GS_Java/index.html
http://www.cafeaulait.org/
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/overview-summary.html

Books
Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X
Hillegass, ISBN 0321213149

Programming in Objective - C
Kochan, ISBN 0672325861
http://cprog.oreilly.com/
http://java.oreilly.com/
 
Jedda

Jedda

macrumors regular
Nov 19, 2003
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Great resources here already.

One book for slightly more advanced coders to read is

Code Complete
McConnell, ISBN 0735619670

Interestingly enough, it is actually published by the Microsoft press. This aside, its a fantastic 'bible' for programmers of any language and provides some great things for amateur and professional programmers alike to to think about.
 
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zosoeffex70

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Feb 17, 2004
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Durham, NC
kingjr3 said:
Programming in Objective - C
Kochan, ISBN 0672325861
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Say, I'm new to programming of any sort and wanted to learn C/C++, Java or Python languages and do it on my Mac, but I'm a little lost as to how to use these languages for programming on the Mac. Where do I find the right, preferable FREE, software to do that?

Thanks!
 
jeremy.king

jeremy.king

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Jul 23, 2002
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zosoeffex70 said:
Say, I'm new to programming of any sort and wanted to learn C/C++, Java or Python languages and do it on my Mac, but I'm a little lost as to how to use these languages for programming on the Mac. Where do I find the right, preferable FREE, software to do that?

Thanks!
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You already have it for two of the three - a text editor and a compiler. Not sure if there is a Python compiler installed. Start with some of the resources and do some research and then ask more general questions in this forum, just not this thread since we try to keep it informational rather than question/answer...
 
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zosoeffex70

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Feb 17, 2004
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kingjr3 said:
Start with some of the resources and do some research and then ask more general questions in this forum,
just not this thread since we try to keep it informational rather than question/answer...
Click to expand...

The Description of the Forum reads thus:

Mac Programming
Questions and answers about non web programming related technologies (i.e. XCode, C, C++, even Java, etc...)

Where then do I go to ask more specific questions?
 
jeremy.king

jeremy.king

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Jul 23, 2002
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zosoeffex70 said:
The Description of the Forum reads thus:

Mac Programming
Questions and answers about non web programming related technologies (i.e. XCode, C, C++, even Java, etc...)

Where then do I go to ask more specific questions?
Click to expand...

That is correct, glad you have mastered reading...However, at the top of the forum category page you will see a big ol' New Thread button. Click that, its there for a reason - ask your question and then marvel at the speed of the response of the community. Burying your question in an semi-unrelated thread is a good way NOT to get a response. Of course do the usual search first and then post if you can't find an answer. Many on this board, including myself, are bothered when a topic is discussed multiple times...

The point of this thread is simply provide a resource list (books,websites,etc) that you are on your own to read and decide what information is pertinent to you. That is why its stickied.
 
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zosoeffex70

macrumors newbie
Feb 17, 2004
18
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Durham, NC
kingjr3 said:
That is correct, glad you have mastered reading...However, at the top of the forum category page you will see a big ol' New Thread button. Click that, its there for a reason - ask your question and then marvel at the speed of the response of the community. Burying your question in an semi-unrelated thread is a good way NOT to get a response. Of course do the usual search first and then post if you can't find an answer. Many on this board, including myself, are bothered when a topic is discussed multiple times...

The point of this thread is simply provide a resource list (books,websites,etc) that you are on your own to read and decide what information is pertinent to you. That is why its stickied.
Click to expand...

My mistake. Misuse of this thread - it's a learning experience --- I now bow out...
 
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CarlosC

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I'm wondering if a MODerator can clean up this thread a tad?

Maybe grab all the links and place them in the first post (removing the other links). Could make it faster for visitors to get the resource infomation they need.

Anyways, http://www.xcodeforums.com/ seems to be down at the time I checked (a few minutes ago)

Site to add:
http://www.idevapps.com/ (sister-site to iDevGames.com)

For books, make sure you are pointing to the second edition of Aaron's book (Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X)

I would also recommend adding the link to Apple's Mac-game-dev mailing list.

Regards,

Carlos C
http://www.idevgames.com
 
Buschmaster

Buschmaster

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Feb 12, 2006
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I just bought that Hillegrass book from Amazon. I figured some non-web programming could get me ready for my computer science major :)
 
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Fairly

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Sep 24, 2006
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Cambridge UK
http://cocoaprogramming.net/

Frankly, having read the most of them, I can't understand how anyone can get by without the above book. Or why anyone would need any of the other books. And as for Objective-C, read Apple's documentation. Takes a couple of hours. You don't need to buy a book for that.
 
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