macOS app development for iOS devs: expand your horizons

Talk by Юлия Ващенко

Originally posted here: https://speakerdeck.com/vashchenko/macos-app-development-for-ios-devs-expand-your-horizons

Рассказ о том, с чем могут столкнуться iOS-разработчики, занимаясь разработкой для macOS. А именно:

- Какие преимущества разработки для macOS могут быть для iOS программистов?
- Различия UIKit vs AppKit
- Взгляд на macOS & iOS с точки зрения их истории
- Технологии, специфичные для десктопа
- Демо: "Работа с файловой системой"

This talk was made for CocoaFriday #2 ( https://cocoaheads.org.ua/cocoafriday/2 ) which took place Apr 5, 2019.

Video: https://youtu.be/dIdDLBNiBgY

Transcript

1. macOS app development
   for iOS devs:
   expand your horizons
   

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2. Julia Vashchenko
   macOS Engineer at
   • Languages: Objective-C, Swift, C++
   • Platforms: macOS, iOS
   • Technologies: inter-process communication,
   daemons & agents, multithreading, GUI apps
   iaronskaya
   

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3. Why macOS?
   Benefits of coding for macOS for iOS developers
   

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4. iOSMac
   

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5. iOSMac
   See also: https://speakerdeck.com/steipete/hacking-marzipan
   

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10. iOSMac
    

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11. https://developer.apple.com/macos/
    

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12. Many great apps can be
    written for macOS!
    

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13. Does anyone write for
    macOS?
    

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15. Seamless transition
    1. Familiar IDE: Xcode
    2. Same language stack:
    Swift, Objective-C, C++, C
    3. Well-known frameworks
    4. More possibilities
    

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16. Seamless transition
    1. Familiar IDE: Xcode
    2. Same language stack:
    Swift, Objective-C, C++, C
    3. Well-known frameworks
    4. More possibilities
    

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17. iOS & macOS:
    alike and different
    

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18. UIKit vs AppKit
    

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19. UIApplication
    

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20. UIApplication NSApplication
    

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21. UIView
    

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22. UIView NSView
    

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23. UITableView
    

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24. UITableView NSTableView
    

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25. 100 days of OSX Development video tutorials
    

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26. 100 days of OSX Development video tutorials
    

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27. 100 days of OSX Development video tutorials
    

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28. UIWindow
    

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29. UIWindow NSWindow
    

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30. UIWindow NSWindow
    ↑
    UIResponder
    ↑
    NSObject
    UIView
    ↑
    

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31. UIWindow NSWindow
    ↑
    UIResponder
    ↑
    NSObject
    UIView
    ↑
    ↑
    NSResponder
    ↑
    NSObject
    

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32. UITableView NSTableView
    UIScrollView
    UIView
    UIResponder
    ↑
    ↑
    ↑
    

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33. UITableView NSTableView
    UIScrollView
    UIView
    UIResponder
    ↑
    ↑
    ↑
    NSControl
    NSView
    NSResponder
    ↑
    ↑
    ↑
    

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34. NSControl
    

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35. NSControl
    

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36. NSControl
    

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37. NSCollectionView
    

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38. NSCollectionView
    Works a lot differently than
    UICollectionView
    

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39. CALayer of the view:
    find 3 differences
    

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40. CALayer of the view:
    find 3 differences
    

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41. CALayer of the view:
    find 3 differences
    

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42. CALayer of the view:
    find 3 differences
    

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43. Core Animation
    

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44. Core Animation
    

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45. Core Animation
    

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46. Core Animation
    

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47. Coordinate system
    

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48. Coordinate system
    

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49. Coordinate system
    

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50. Coordinate system
    myView.isFlipped = true
    

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51. Why so many differences?
    

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52. iOS & macOS history
    

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53. OS X
    

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54. OS X
    [ɔes ten]
    

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55. 1984 1985 1986 1987
    System 1 System 2 System 3
    System 4
    System 5:
    Macintosh System Software
    

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56. 1988 1989 1990 1991
    System 6 System 7
    

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57. 1992 1993 1994 1995
    Mac OS 7.5.1
    Mac OS 8
    

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58. 1996 1997 1998 1999
    Apple acquires NeXT
    Mac OS 9
    

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59. 2000 2001 2002 2003
    Mac OS X
    10.0 Cheetah,
    10.1 Puma
    Mac OS X
    10.2 Jaguar
    Mac OS X
    10.3 Panther
    

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60. 2004 2005 2006 2007
    Mac OS X
    10.4 Tiger
    Mac OS X
    10.5 Leopard
    iPhone 1 launch
    

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61. 2008 2009 2010 2011
    Mac OS X
    10.6 Snow Leopard
    Mac OS X
    10.7 Lion
    

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62. 2012 2013 2014 2015
    Mac OS X
    10.8 Mountain Lion
    Mac OS X
    10.9 Maverics
    Mac OS X
    10.10 Yosemite
    Mac OS X
    10.11 El Capitan
    

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63. 2016 2017 2018 2019
    macOS 10.12 Sierra
    macOS 10.13 High Sierra
    macOS 10.14 Mojave
    ?
    

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64. System 1
    

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65. System 6
    

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66. System 6
    

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70. System 7
    

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71. Mac OS 9
    

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72. Mac OS 9
    

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73. Mac OS X
    

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74. Mac OS X 10.5
    

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75. macOS specifics
    

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76. macOS specifics
    Distribution out of App Store
    

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77. macOS specifics
    Distribution out of App Store
    Living out of the Sandbox
    

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78. macOS specifics
    Distribution out of App Store
    Living out of the Sandbox
    Obtaining root privileges
    

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79. macOS specifics
    Distribution out of App Store
    Living out of the Sandbox
    Obtaining root privileges
    Using command-line tools
    

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80. macOS specifics
    Distribution out of App Store
    Living out of the Sandbox
    Obtaining root privileges
    Using command-line tools
    Scripting other apps
    

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81. macOS specifics
    Distribution out of App Store
    Living out of the Sandbox
    Obtaining root privileges
    Using command-line tools
    Scripting other apps
    ...
    

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82. Demo
    

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83. PDP: Personal
    Development Plan
    https://gist.github.com/aronskaya/7daa8d2bf77d60c65d35f91c6316e8f0
    

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84. Any Questions?
    

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85. Thank you!
    email: julia.vashchenko@yahoo.com
    twitter: iaronskaya
    

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