Shutdown Timer for Mac.. Under Dev

sandeep · 22 Dec 2010 at 02:27

Hi Everyone,

I've just got started on XCode and am still getting to grips with it and Objective C but I have learned a lot.

Following on from my Windows Based Shutdown Timer app
http://sinvise.net/home/projects/software/shutdown-timer

I have received a few requests to make a Mac version, what are everyones views, do you think it would work out?
The app will also be free.

Here's what I've come up with so far:

theheyes · 22 Dec 2010 at 13:53

Slightly off topic but what are you using to learn the basics of Xcode and objective C? Any particular book or online resource you could recommend?

sandeep · 22 Dec 2010 at 13:57

theheyes said:
Slightly off topic but what are you using to learn the basics of Xcode and objective C? Any particular book or online resource you could recommend?

Hi. I've never really used a book with programming before. I started off with simple YouTube videos just observing how Xcode and interface builder are used. Then I went on to researching examples of code to see how they were implemented. And then I went on from there. Just googling class references to get an idea on what can be done.

NickK · 22 Dec 2010 at 18:29

If you have a look at the programming forum sticky there's a post about books for mac/xcode programming.

Hillegass Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X is very good (more focused on using Xcode with Cocoa to make apps), I'd also get Kochan's "Programming in Objective-C" (focused on Objective-C).

PMWD · 23 Dec 2010 at 08:52

Robert Clair's - Learning Objective-C 2.0: A Hands-on Guide to Objective-C for Mac and IOS Developers is really good. Personally I would avoid any Apress stuff on the subject, I've read about 5 different ones and found them really hard to follow and they're full of mistakes.