I've bought a mac

[stejano]

hi guys, I've bought a macintosh macbook,so now I want program with it, so what can you suggest me???
which is the best language ????
in windows I used vb.net and with mac? can i do??
thanks for suggests!!
byebye

[MartinLiss]

Moved.

[MoE70]

in windows I used vb.net and with mac? can i do??


you can share your photos with your family and check emails

[Edited by MartinLiss]

[Arrow_Raider]

why did you delete my post? It was serious. It offered a link to a tutorial

Well, here you go again:

http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/ObjCTutorial/chapter01/chapter_1_section_1.html

[MartinLiss]

Sorry, I didn't notice. Can you repost it?

[Arrow_Raider]

When programming on mac os x, you'll want to use the Cocoa framework if you want to make GUI applications. It uses a programming language called Objective-C. Object-C is sorta like c/c++ and its going to be a considerable jump from visual basic .net.

There is a good intro to cocoa tutorial at: http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/ObjCTutorial/chapter01/chapter_1_section_1.html

You'll first need to install Xcode to begin programming on the mac. Xcode is free and is on the OSX cd. You should be able to find an xcode package installer on the cd. Then try going through that tutorial and see how it goes for you.

Of course, you can also program command-line utilities using C/C++ and then compiling with Xcode or GCC, but I, personally, like doing GUI stuff more.

[stejano]

I don't understand..but cocoa is different from obj-c??
if yes...is cocoa based on???c??c++??

[Hack]

Cocoa framework (http://developer.apple.com/documentation/AppleScript/Conceptual/StudioBuildingApps/chapter03/chapter_3_section_5.html)

[Slaine]

I don't understand..but cocoa is different from obj-c??
if yes...is cocoa based on???c??c++??

Cocoa is a development Framework (ala .NET) that is implemented in Objective-C.

Objective-C is the programming language. Cocoa is a number of libraries that enable you to rapidly develop rich user interface applications for OS-X.

XCode is the development environment (IDE) that allows you to author applications in Objective-C using the Cocoa framework.

This is a slight simplification, because it is entirely possible to also utilise the Cocoa framework from other development platforms, such as Python and Ruby.

[RudiVisser]

I feel sorry for you buying a Mac.

On a more serious note, does wxWidgets support the Mac?