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GrowlCode brings Growl to Xcode

by Cory Bohon (RSS feed) on May 10th, 2008

Do you like Growl? Do you use Xcode? Then chances are you'll like GrowlCode. GrowlCode is a plugin to integrate Growl's on-screen alerts into the Mac OS X developer app, Xcode. GrowlCode integrates the following actions: Build Succeeded, Preprocessing Complete, Compilation Succeeded, Clean Complete, and many more.

To use GrowlCode, you will need to download both GrowlCode and Growl (which is available at Growl.info). GrowlCode is compatible with Xcode 3.0 and Mac OS X Lepoard (10.5) and Tiger (10.4). Instructions for installing can be found on the GrowlCode website.

Tags: dev, developer, Growl, GrowlCode, Xcode, Xcode 3.0, Xcode3.0

Filed under: Apple, Developer

Learn Cocoa with your free time this holiday

by Scott McNulty (RSS feed) on Dec 24th, 2007

Let's face it, during the holiday season we all need to take a little break from our families (even though we love them). Why not do something productive when you're squirreled away in that spare bedroom hiding in the bed from your Aunt Dora? Cocoa Dev Central has just updated their great Cocoa tutorial for Leopard. I am just a simple blogger, and I could follow along so I am sure you smart readers out there will be whipping up apps lickety-split.

Tags: cocoa, dev

Filed under: iPhone

Journeys inside the iPhone's SDK

by Erica Sadun (RSS feed) on Aug 3rd, 2007

I have now spent a pretty solid week writing applications for the iPhone. And what an exciting week it's been. I've been privileged to view and interact with the iPhone in a way that few other people have had the opportunity to. The iPhone is tight, robust and its SDK--even seen through such imperfect tools as class-dump--is beautiful.

Let me give you an example. This morning I decided to write a basic word processor for the iPhone. In about 30 lines of code, I was able to create an application that saved all changes to disk and reloaded that text launching the application. That kind of success doesn't happen because I'm some sort of phenomenal programmer, it happens because Apple makes amazing, usable libraries. I was able to use classic Cocoa strategies like reading a string to and from disk and combine it with new UIKit strategies like creating a keyboard that automatically knows how to enter and edit text.

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Tags: code, dev, Development, iphone, SDK, UIKit, word processor, WordProcessor

Filed under: Hardware, OS, Software, Features, Apple, Leopard, TUAW Interview, Developer, iPhone, Apple TV

TUAW Interview series: Brent Simmons on the Leopard delay - does it change anything?

by David Chartier (RSS feed) on Apr 20th, 2007

Apple's announcement that Leopard has been delayed until October was quite the shocker, especially since we apparently have the iPhone to thank. This of course elicited nearly every response you can think of from every walk of life, but we don't often hear from what I feel is one of the most important building blocks of the Mac OS X community: 3rd party developers. Sure, developers blog about stuff like this on their own, but not everyone is down for sifting through posts about the inner workings of Mac OS X for the insightful opinion pieces on what things like a Leopard delay mean to Apple and its users. And that isn't a bad thing, especially since it inspired me to bring the developers' thoughts to you in an interview series with some of Mac OS X's biggest hitters, including Wil Shipley (co-founder of Omni Group and Delicious Monster), Paul Kafasis (CEO of Rogue Amoeba), Gus Mueller (of Flying Meat software) and Allan Odgaard (of Macromates).

I wanted to get their thoughts on Leopard, the iPhone and where Apple is headed as a company in light of Mac OS X delays and Apple's gadgets which would (or should) make great venues for their products. Thankfully, all the developers responded positively and offered some great insight on these issues. These guys have a unique perspective on the state of Apple and its products, and I'm thankful that they all took the time to lay it down as only a Mac OS X developer can.

First up (only because he was the first to reply) is Brent Simmons of NewsGator fame. Read on for thoughts from the man who brought RSS and blogging to the Mac masses with NetNewsWire and MarsEdit (which was acquired recently by Red Sweater Software).

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Tags: apple tv, AppleTv, brent simmons, BrentSimmons, delay, delays, dev, developer, developers, devs, interview, interviews, iphone, leopard

Filed under: Odds and ends, Developer

The Year in Mac Development - Scott Stevenson

by Mat Lu (RSS feed) on Jan 2nd, 2007

Scott Stevenson of Cocoa Dev Central has an extensive (i.e. long and interesting) post on the year in Macintosh development. He discusses a variety of hot topics including the transition to Intel, the controversy over Macheist, the apparent deprecation of the Human Interface Guidelines, and much else to boot. With the installed base of Macs going up and exciting new technologies coming out of Cupertino I think his conclusion is basically right when he says that there's "never been a better time to make Mac software." I'm looking forward to seeing what the great Mac devs out there come up with in 2007 (Incidentally, Stevenson's blog Theocacao looks great).

[Via Ranchero]

Tags: dev, development

Filed under: Software

Developers unleash exclusive offers for MacHeist participants

by David Chartier (RSS feed) on Dec 21st, 2006

One of the appeals of MacHeist that a few participating developers cited for their participation is residual sales. Things like upgrade licenses, extra plugins and add-ons can all be big boosts to a 3rd party developer's revenue, and some of MacHeist's participating devs have certainly hit the ground running. Yesterday I received my confirmation emails and licenses from RealMac Software (RapidWeaver) and Dave Watanabe (NewsFire), both with exclusive offers for MacHeist customers. First, RealMac Software is offering a 10% discount on theme packs, and Dave is offering a 'lifetime upgrade' add-on for NewsFire for a mere $11. We've also known from early on that John Casasanta has had a version 4.0 upgrade just around the corner for iClip, and MacroMates had an offer on the table since day 1 of at least 60% off an upgrade license to an upcoming version 2 release of TextMate.

It will be interesting to see how all this plays out for these 3rd party developers in the coming months. I know I'm already falling in love with TextMate, and even though I use WordPress, ecto and Dreamweaver for most of my website needs, RapidWeaver is tempting me with its sexy ease of use and purty themes. The 3rd party devs, it seems, have already made a revenue statistic out of me.

Tags: 3rd party, 3rdParty, coupon, dev, developers, devs, discount, iclip, macheist, newsfire, rapidweaver, realmac software, RealmacSoftware, textmate

Filed under: Software, Blogs, Developer

Cocoa Blogs, by Scott Stevenson

by David Chartier (RSS feed) on Dec 12th, 2006

I have to admit right up front that I'm not as familiar with the Mac dev community as I'd like to be. I don't know a lick about developing, and I get a bit intimidated as I know it's one of those trades that has a completely different set of constraints and connotations to manage; there's nothing like trying to swim in the big kid's pool while still wearing floaties. Though, for the record: that's just an analogy; I don't wear floaties when swimming in real life. I got rid of those months ago.

That said, I'd like to pass along Cocoa Blogs, a new venture from Scott Stevenson, whose name I only know from its mention on a number of Mac developers' blogs I've stumbled across from time to time. As you might glean from the title, Scott waxes on Cocoa, one of Apple's major (and dare I say preferable?) programming environment for Mac OS X, as well as the world of development and its community. He also wrangles a number of Cocoa developer resources and notable blogs for skills both advanced and new.

While much of the language in Scott's code-oriented posts and links might as well be Latin to me (and no, you don't get points for noting that up to 80% of English is Latin-based), this looks like a great new resource for Cocoa developers in all walks of life.

[via Gus Mueller]

Tags: blog, blogs, cocoa, cocoa blogs, CocoaBlogs, dev, developers, developing, development, links, resource, resources

Filed under: Software, Internet Tools

Mac OS X dev asks for input on creating a Flickr client

by David Chartier (RSS feed) on Jul 15th, 2006

Who doesn't love to get their $0.02 in on an app's development? Especially one as potentially handy as this could be: a Mac OS X developer and Flickr user by the name of otusweb is asking for input in a Flickr Group discussion on what users would like to see in a Mac OS X Flickr client. A few users have already requested such features as Aperture support, an iApp-like UI and Mail integration, but it looks like there's still time to get your two cents in, so why not?

Tags: app, application, client, dev, developer, development, flickr, Freedbacking, mac, os x, OsX, software

Filed under: Software

BuildFactory - automation for developers

by David Chartier (RSS feed) on Jul 7th, 2006

I'm no developer, but I can call a good dev tool when I see one. BuildFactory from Bleep Software sounds like 'Automator for developers', with features like automated builds, building refreshed sources from Subversion, using your own external editor for errors and warnings, and building multiple projects with one click. A healthy dose of other features are offered in this handy tool, so why not check them out for yourself or watch some tutorials to see BuildFactory in action. The author has even posted a poll on the main product page to find out what features developers would most like to see added. At least you can't say BuildFactory's dev doesn't care about feedback.

A demo of BuildFactory is available, while single licenses sell for $35, with a 5-pack for $150.

Tags: automate, automated, automation, automator, BuildFactory, builds, code, coding, dev, develop, developer, project, projects, software, subversion

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