Similarities between macOS and iOS development

Thought of making a Mac app but worried about the complexity / learning curve of it? If you have done iOS development before, you would probably know how to make a Mac app already.

This presentation shows the similarities / difference between macOS and iOS development.

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1. Similarities of macOS development & iOS development Axel Kee https://fluffy.es For 16 July 2018 MYCocoaHeads Meetup
2. 1. Why I made a macOS app 2. Similarities between macOS and iOS development 3. Difference between macOS and iOS development
3. Why I made a macOS app I used a markdown editor named ‘Typora’ to write my first book Typora.app
4. Why I made a macOS app It’s PDF exporting feature is excellent, with code syntax highlighting too, but there was no option to add page numbers. Typora.app
5. Why I made a macOS app I went to the Github Issue page of Typora and the developer doesn’t intent to add this function. Typora.app
6. Why I made a macOS app Being a developer myself, “the page numbers function shouldn’t be that hard right?” I thought perhaps I can create this feature in another app Typora.app
7. Why I made a macOS app Good opportunity to start learning macOS app dev too (maybe?) Typora.app
8. Similarities
9. Swift / Objective-C Duh…. Guard let Switch case Optionals Protocol / delegate
10. Storyboard Auto Layout
11. IBAction IBOutlet
12. Cocoa & CocoaTouch AppDelegate
13. Cocoa & CocoaTouch View Controller / Lifecycle
14. Cocoa & CocoaTouch Similar component, eg: NSAlert vs UIAlert
15. Cocoa & CocoaTouch URLSession UserDefaults NotificationCenter DispatchQueue CoreGraphics CoreData StoreKit AVFoundation… Image Assets
16. Difference
17. Sandbox For iOS app, they are mandatorily sandboxed.
18. Sandbox macOS app can choose not to be sandboxed must be sandboxed if want to submit to App Store
19. Sandbox
20. Mac-specific component eg: NSOpenPanel / NSSavePanel
21. Mac-specific UI Top Menu Bar
22. Mac-specific UI Menu Icon
23. Mac-specific UI (User Resizable) Window you thought Auto Layout on iOS was hard?
24. Distribution iOS has strict distribution / code signing limitation 1. Enterprise program 2. App Store 3. Ad Hoc (Must specify UDID, up to 100 devices) 4. Development build
25. Distribution macOS distribution restriction is more lax
26. Distribution
27. Summary If you know iOS development, you probably know macOS development (some) already
28. Thanks Axel Kee https://fluffy.es https://pdfpagenumber.com