How do I make Mac apps with C++

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josh3dmaker

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OK,

I have had a few courses on C++ (the last on a windoze machine, ewww)
and I would love to make some applications on my Mac.

I have played around with the developer tools, but most of the information I have found online is about objective-c, whch I do not know.

Is there a way to use the interface builder with C++, or do I have to learn objective-c to get things done? Does anyone have any tips to get me started, or maybe a usefull web link?

Thanks,

josh
 
You can use Interface Builder for C++, but it's not as tightly integrated as it is with Cocoa (objective-c). I think there's some samples that are installed with the developer tools that do this.

Apple has a great developer site, they have lots of sample code (a lot is for pre OS X, but there's plenty for X too).

Here's some URLs:

http://developer.apple.com
http://developer.apple.com/samplecode/
http://developer.apple.com/documentation/

You'll want to look for stuff about "Carbon" for C/C++ coding.


- shrill -
 
Wow...

I cant find anything that looks like what I learned when working with EzWindows. It looks like I have a sharp learning curve ahead.
 
Well, yeah. It's a bit different. If you're used to Visual C++ development with MFC, it's a lot different. Of course, writing a straight up windows program is a lot different then using MFC too.

I can't think of anything on the Mac that's really equivalent to Visual C++ & MFC except Cocoa (Objective-C), which takes a little while to learn, but isn't that bad.

There are lots of good frameworks out there though, MacApp (been around a long time), PowerPlant, etc.

If you just want some basic samples, look for SillyBalls or Traffic Light.
 
Thanks for the help guys...

It looks like I still have a lot to learn before I can program anything usefull. Can anyone recommend a good "how to" book to get me started?
 
I learned programming mac apps, after having breefly looked over some C console programming, by just having a look at the silly balls example, and then change a bit, and one more bit, until I understood how it worked =)
Then I checked apples VERY useful documentation online and their function-list was priceless! After a while I learned more advanced stuff and became gradually better at programming =)

So, my advise is: Look at EASY samples (I recommend silly balls ) and try to figure out what it does... IF you don't understand a function, then just search apple documentation...
 
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