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Mac open source programs
Oct 29, 2009 at 3:46pm
I have been programming with C++ for a few months now and I am curious if anyone knows of a any sites that offer open source mac programs written in C++. Everything I have found is either for Windows or includes 100+ files and as of right now makes literally no sense to me.
Oct 29, 2009 at 4:09pmclosed account (S6k9GNh0)
I'm not sure what you mean. A LOT of projects have Mac support and if they don't, they usually have some gentlemen that uses Mac, help contribute a Mac port for the project. Though this isn't always the case. Mac isn't exactly convenient to make a port for and any library or development based project usually will recieve a 5th of the attention it sees on Windows or even Linux.
A lot of the basic C++ programs you see here, should work on your Mac. If not, something is wrong with your setup.
A lot of the basic C++ programs you see here, should work on your Mac. If not, something is wrong with your setup.
Oct 29, 2009 at 4:30pm
I use TextMate and g++ to compile my files in terminal. Many of the programs wont run. I have a MacBook Pro. The previous generation...
Oct 29, 2009 at 4:33pm
Join ADC, they have a list of useful open source Mac apps.
If you want to start with just one, take a look at Transmission. It runs on many platforms, looks nice on a Mac, and provides source code.
http://www.transmissionbt.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmission_(BitTorrent_client)
If you want to start with just one, take a look at Transmission. It runs on many platforms, looks nice on a Mac, and provides source code.
http://www.transmissionbt.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmission_(BitTorrent_client)
Oct 30, 2009 at 2:23am
If you're developing a true GUI app for Mac OS X using the Cocoa APIs, you're going to be using Objective C, not C++.
Oct 30, 2009 at 3:46am
I am a Computer Science major and am in my first year at school. I am not developing exclusively for the mac, all our programs must compile with g++ and use libraries available to Linux, Windows, and Mac. Right now I am just coding without GUIs.. solely console based programs.
Oct 30, 2009 at 4:45am
You still need XCode. If you're just doing console apps, you should have no problem with most Linux/BSD apps. Understanding how they're packaged is a slightly different matter though.
Oct 30, 2009 at 5:23am
I tried XCode... It needed waaay too much to run. Projects and what not. editing in textmate and running in terminal by compiling with g++ is so much simpler for me.
Oct 30, 2009 at 6:09am
You don't need to use the XCode application, but it installs all the documentation, tools and libraries that you need.
Oct 30, 2009 at 6:53am
It is already installed. Thats good that its not just takin up space on my computer :)
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