Macintosh Development Links

A collection of links to web pages I have found useful for learning various things related to Macintosh program development. Topics include Objective-C, Cocoa, REALBasic, Java, UNIX, and others.

• The following organizations have joined forces to port linux/unix software to Mac OS X
• MetaPkg
• Fink - FINK is an effort to port UNIX software to MacOS X. Install Fink, then it will do all the dirty work compiling other UNIX programs for you.
• DarwinPorts
• gentoo linux
• Gotchas when porting UNIX software to Mac OS X - an article with some good tips
• XFree86 - run X Windows on your Mac. Opens up a multitude of free UNIX programs for use.
• XDarwin - install along with XFree86.
• Apple's new X11 - you can use this instead of XFree86/XDarwin - it's much easier to install, and optimized for the Mac OS.
• OroborOSX - a nifty window manager which sports the Aqua look and feel.
• Using FLTK, XFree86, and OpenGL under MacOS X
• OSX GNU - get GNU software which has been modified slightly to make it easier to install on OS X.
• GNUstep - Derived from NeXTstep, a way to benefit from "Cocoa" when you can't use a mac.

• Apple's UNIX Porting Guide. - tips on porting apps from other Unixes to Mac OS X.
• MacOS X User Interface Design for Windows programmers
• Aqua Human Interface Guidelines

Cocoa (also see Objective-C below) Apple's Cocoa Docs AppKit Reference Foundation Reference Coding Guidelines Cocoa Dev Central O'Reilly's Mac Dev Center CocoaDev.com wiki wiki based Cocoa site. Stepwise.com Cocoa FAQ Looking for Sample Code? osx.hyperjeff.net maintains a list of Cocoa projects which include source code! Mailing Lists/Newsgroups Omni Group mailing lists Apple Cocoa-dev mailing list NeXT manual for Interface Builder - shows how little has changed GNUstep - check this out...

Objective C - a very nice object oriented language! Objective-C FAQ A nice online book about Objective-C and object oriented programming. Objective-C Newsgroup Objective-C Beginner's Guide Memory Management in Objective-C




Java java.sun.com - the source for Java info Java Coding Conventions Java API Specs Tutorial


C++
• C++.com - very handy way to search for C++ info

REALBasic
Assorted REALBasic Links
• REALSoftware - makers of REALBasic
• Rosetta Stone - compares REALBasic to other languages
• REALBasic Newsgroup
• REALBasic NUG List Archive
• ResExcellence - REALBasic news
• REALBasic University - lessons & tutorials
• REALBasic Web Ring
• REALBasic Garage - Plugins, Classes, Examples, Documentation, etc.
• Random REALBasic Site
• Bugbase - database of bugs in REALBasic
Plugins
• MonkeyBread Software
• Essence Software - makers of videoplug
• Carbon Declare Library - very handy!

• Programming Texts/Tutorials - master index of freely available programming texts and tutorials on the web. Extremely comprehensive!
• wotsit.org - info about file formats
• Mac Development Notes - Bugs and notes for programming Mac OS X with Cocoa.

• comp.sys.mac.programmer.help newsgroup
• mac advocacy newsgroup
• comp.sys.mac.programmer.misc newsgroup

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