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Best Developer Tools for OS X

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the carving-out-a-new-home dept.

NoviceW writes to share that there are plenty of interesting articles written about Mac OS X applications for switchers, but not many guides focused on programmers switching from other operating systems. This guide lists a few of the more prominent tools for Mac developers, what other tools can't you do without?

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  1. Re:OS X Native Development Pointless by oberondarksoul · · Score: 4, Insightful

    One can run Linux alongside Windows on the same hardware. Why, then, has Linux application development not shrivelled up? Why are there native Linux applications? Perhaps it's because if a user has chosen an 'alternate platform' such as OS X or Linux, they're not going to be very happy about having to run Windows too; dual-booting is never as pleasant as running a native app, and perhaps - just perhaps - there are things OS X, Linux, et al can do that Windows can't.

    And besides, with more Macs being sold, perhaps marketshare isn't everything. An audience of several million is still an audience of several million...

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  2. Re:Objective-C by jcr · · Score: 4, Insightful

    More like, the compatibility of C, and the messaging power of Smalltalk.

    -jcr

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  3. Re:OS X Native Development Pointless by jcr · · Score: 4, Insightful

    What is the point of doing native OS X development?

    I do it to make money. So do rather a lot of other developers.

    -jcr

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