Modern Mac Development?

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Posted by Cliff on Tuesday April 12, 2005 @06:10AM from the but-gcc-is-free dept.

CDarklock asks: "I'm getting seriously interested in setting a new Mac next to my Windows box (to replace the Mac SE, which should tell you about how long it's been). But on Linux and Windows, I'm accustomed to writing lots of custom apps in C++ to fill the gaps around the system, but I haven't written anything on a Mac for something like fifteen years. As a professional Windows developer, what sort of expense am I facing to outfit a new Mac with development tools comparable to Microsoft's Visual Studio .NET, and what sort of learning curve should I expect?"

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Difficulty with VS.NET by crmartin · 2005-04-12 06:20 · Score: 4, Funny

Your problem is managing to impede the Mac sufficiently to make it no better than .NET.

(Okay, so I am a recent convert.)
You're kidding, right? by JonTurner · 2005-04-12 08:09 · Score: 4, Funny

>>XCode is far too bulky

As compared to Visual Studio?!? Woah.
Re:developer.apple.com by Moofie · 2005-04-12 11:58 · Score: 2, Funny

I'm a DEVELOPER! I don't have time to READ your stupid DOCUMENTATION! If the computer can't read my mind, it's STUPID and BROKEN.

Where's my Xanax?

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Top Ten Reasons to Become a Mac Programmer... by Space+Coyote · 2005-04-12 13:31 · Score: 4, Funny

Just wrote these today, coincidentally... 10. All the blue-coloured widgets and background images are good for the soul. 9. You can keep a Terminal.app window open and pretend to be a Unix hacker. 8. Crappy enterprise data access support means no horrible database programming. 7. People will think you're some kind of artist or writer or something else less socially leper-ous than being a programmer. 6. Interface Builder's NeXTStep heritage will force you into a Model-View-Controller architecture so strongly that even design-as-you-go nitwits like me will be saved from their own poor planning. 5. No matter what you do, Wired will eventually write a feature story about you. 4. All the built-in eye candy and automatic alignment guides will make you look like you know something about UI design. 3. The development tools don't cost more than what your stupid shareware program will probably earn you. 2. The Indian programmer who stole your Windows coding job can't afford to buy a Mac. 1. Chicks dig iBooks.

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Re: Obj-C learning curve by YOU+LIKEWISE+FAIL+IT · 2005-04-12 17:20 · Score: 4, Funny

[object methodcall:parameter] isn't that much harder than object.methodcall(parameter)
Further, if memory serves, it's actually syntactic sugar for objc_msgSend( object, "methodcall:", parameter );

Of course, if you actually use it that way outside the debugger, I hear Steve Jobs personally flies to your house and takes your Mac away from you.
YLFI

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Re:Parent is Troll? by cosmo7 · 2005-04-13 06:17 · Score: 2, Funny

Comparing a php app written in BBedit and an asp+ app written in VS.Net is less than fair and pure trollbait, since I cam write a php app in notepad on Windows as well, but I would need to be seriously dumb to do that wouldn't I?

Yeah, as dumb as </SPA N><DIV> </DIV>