Getting Your Feet Wet with Mac Development

Mac development isn't the most popular thing in the world, but it's a seriously nice skill to have just to make tools for yourself. Coming from iOS development, Mac development can seem a little weird and we'll look at some of the interesting differences between the two platforms.

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1. Getting into Mac Development
2. $ > whoami » Keith Thompson » @keiththomps everywhere » Web Developer at Squaremouth
3. Awesome aspects of Mac development » Making your own tools is awesome! » Macs are gaining desktop market share » You already know Objective-C if you do iOS Development
4. Not so awesome side of Mac Development » Learning materials are stale or nonexistent » There are fewer boundaries. Boundaries can give you with freedom (although that sounds wrong) » AppKit API doesn't feel as nice as UIKit (because it's old)
5. Differences between Mac and iOS » Cocoa dates back to the 80's with NeXT (AppKit and Foundation). Cocoa Touch only dates back to the mid 2000s. » The Mac sandbox can be avoided (you don't have to submit to the app store) » Programming for keyboard & mouse != programming for touch
6. No more bullet points!
9. NSWindowController
13. Writing a Simple App
14. Links » Slide Deck: https://speakerdeck.com/keiththomps/getting-your- feet-wet-with-mac-development » Sample app repo: https://github.com/keiththomps/SampleStatusBarApp » Apple Programming YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/AppleProgramming