Hi Michael, have you had any programming experience before? If
not, you'll need to learn a programming language. Personally, I'd
recommend Java, as the environment needed to run it is preinstalled in
Leopard, and you can install the development environment from your
Leopard DVD. It's also an object oriented language, with cross-
platform capability, so it's modern and versatile. Lastly, there are
quite a number of tutorials on the web; -one site with a number of
these is:
http://www.javacoffeebreak.com
I personally think this is a good language to start with as it's
one of the easier OOP (object oriented programming) languages to learn.
-Your mileage may vary! <smile> :)
Another language you might consider starting with is Python, which
also is preinstalled on your Mac with Leopard. It's also object
oriented, but has a very different syntax to Java. In my opinion,
it's a bit more of a BASIC style language in that it uses more words
as opposed to symbols in it's code and some prefer that approach.
Another feature of Python code is that one also needs to take into
account text formatting. I.E. Indention / white space.
Python is also cross-platform and also has quite a bit of
documentation on the web.
These are just two possibilities, so I hope this is a bit of what
yer' after?…
Have a great day and catch ya soon!…
Smiles,
Cara :)
On Apr 27, 2008, at 8:52 AM, Michael Babcock wrote:
hi there;
whati s the best way to get started with writing programs on the
mac? Just curious what you would suggest? thanks
mike
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