macOS Widget Programming for Dummies?

[IJ Reilly]

I'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction here.

I have an idea for what should be a fairly simple dashboard widget, but I don't know quite where to begin. I've read Apple's "Developing Dashboard Widgets" page (skimmed, anyway) and I've looked into a couple of widget bundles so I am generally familiar with the structure. I don't know much about javascript, but for this project I believe will be able to pick up all the code I need from the net. I think the biggest obstacle is my lack of familiarity with CSS, which seems to be more or less essential for making good widgets.

If it would help, I can point to the page I'd like to convert into a widget.

Thanks!

 

[VanMac]

Did you go through this tutorial?
http://developer.apple.com/document...utorial/Introduction/chapter_1_section_1.html

After that, just brush up on some css and html, and you should be off to the races!

 

[IJ Reilly]

Did you go through this tutorial?
http://developer.apple.com/document...utorial/Introduction/chapter_1_section_1.html

After that, just brush up on some css and html, and you should be off to the races!

Thanks, no I haven't seen this one.

Do you also happen to know where can I find a good intro to css?

 

[VanMac]

Try this for online
http://www.echoecho.com/css.htm

There are lots of html books out there that have chapters on CSS. The Visual QuickStart series are pretty decent introductions....

 

[slooksterPSV]

http://www.pageresource.com/
http://www.w3schools.com/

Those two sites have excellent tutorials. - Learned HTML and CSS from the top one.

For javascript go here:
http://www.javascriptmall.com/learn/index.htm
Learned it there.

EDIT: Posted wrong link.