I have been programming with the MacOS for a few years now, and all of my efforts are so far open-source. The main reason is because they are rubbish and no-one would ever pay more than nothing for them.
But the other reason is because starting off as a developer in the Mac community was very difficult. Open-sourcing my programs may help others get started (i hope). It is not easy piecing together all of the information necessary from the various Mac programming web-sites that offer useful advice (of which there are few), and at the same time trying to wade through the Windows/Linux specific information that is all too easy to find.
What is needed is a web site aimed at Mac users interested in learning to program. If an experienced Mac developer would collect information on compilers/APIs etc. and show how rewarding programming can be, it would be a good investment for the future of the Mac programming community.
If you have ever compared a general Mac magazine to a Windows one, you will notice a huge difference in the content. Mac magazines continually contain Photoshop tutorials, beginners guides and other less-technical issues. On the other hand, PC magazines cover almost every computer-related issue, from the basics right through to programming with languages like C and Perl.
What I am getting at is that the average Mac user never comes across programming. I'm not calling them ignorant, its just that no-one ever shows them the joys of staying up all night in front of a monitor, staring at lines of code. And I wish someone would do something about it.
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But the other reason is because starting off as a developer in the Mac community was very difficult. Open-sourcing my programs may help others get started (i hope). It is not easy piecing together all of the information necessary from the various Mac programming web-sites that offer useful advice (of which there are few), and at the same time trying to wade through the Windows/Linux specific information that is all too easy to find.
What is needed is a web site aimed at Mac users interested in learning to program. If an experienced Mac developer would collect information on compilers/APIs etc. and show how rewarding programming can be, it would be a good investment for the future of the Mac programming community.
If you have ever compared a general Mac magazine to a Windows one, you will notice a huge difference in the content. Mac magazines continually contain Photoshop tutorials, beginners guides and other less-technical issues. On the other hand, PC magazines cover almost every computer-related issue, from the basics right through to programming with languages like C and Perl.
What I am getting at is that the average Mac user never comes across programming. I'm not calling them ignorant, its just that no-one ever shows them the joys of staying up all night in front of a monitor, staring at lines of code. And I wish someone would do something about it.
Funny how I am seeing errors when looking at their "vision":)