On Thursday, December 23, 2004, at 09:17 PM, Jason Long wrote: > >> Hello all, >> I wanted to see if any of you knew of any other Mac Development >> applications out there other than REALbasic... I'm evaluting >> REALbasic... So >> far it seems good.. I just want to be sure I have checked out all of >> the >> development applications for the Mac OS X environment before I made a >> purchase.... Thanks
Jason On 12/24/04 1:07 PM, "Bruce Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Oh, gee. Where to start??!!! > > Go to www.apple.com/developer and sign up for a free ADC account. This > lets you download all of Apple's development stuff. This will let you > download TONS of tools, sample code, manuals, etc etc. It doesn't get > you discounts or consulting, ( a paid ADC account gets you that) but it > does get you all of Apples development suite. > > You don't need to *pay* for anything to develop for the Mac. > > RealBASIC is probably the best (and best known) analogue to Visual > Basic, but there are also IDE's and libraries for Java, Python, Perl, > Ruby and a host of other languages to leverage the Apple developer > tools like Interface Builder and Xcode and such. > > You can pretty easily build native OS X apps with Python > <http://homepages.cwi.nl/~jack/macpython/> and the PyObjC libraries > <http://pyobjc.sourceforge.net/>, and use Interface Builder to create > your UI elements, and lots of help getting you started, and Python is a > powerful, yet easy to learn language, and is built into OS X. > > -- > "Wherever you go, there you are." - B. Banzai, Ph.D. > Bruce Johnson > > Thanks man! Cool site!! Good thing they offer discounts for students!! ;o) Jason -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
