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Junior Member
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Los Gatos, Ca, USA (Sorta near Cupertino)
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Okay, here's the story-I'm starting AP Computer Science in the fall, with a brand new iBook (not yet purchased). That means I'll have OS X, and if I'm not mistaken, that I'll have the developer tools that come with OS X. Now, here's my question: do I want to use whatever C++ tools come with OS X, or do I want to use a copy of Code Warrior in either Classic or OS 9.1? Any information on this would be appreciated. The class doesn't start till September, so take your time responding.
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Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: London, UK
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Take into account that you can use CodeWarrior in OS X natively (it is a Carbon application), but that it does cost some money. Apple's OS X Developer Tools are free -- they come in the box with OS X if you order it, or if OS X came pre-installed with your Mac you can download the latest ones from http://connect.apple.com (you can also update if you installed the ones from the box, if that makes sense).
In general, people I know seem to think of CodeWarrior as the more refined IDE, and its compiler is better than gcc is on the PPC platform. But then, Apple's tools *ARE* free.
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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: San Francisco, USA
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I think a full-blown IDE is overkill for most class assignments. Unless you are writing GUI applications, I think you'll do fine with the command-line developer tools. I guess it depends how the class is taught.. all of my CS courses assumed knowledge of UNIX.
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Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Tempe, Az USA
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I realy like the Apple tools, Project Builder is pretty nice and does most of the features of gcc and the rest of the tools. I would get the apple tools even if you decide to buy the Metrowerks ones, just because they are free and because they give you all the standard *nix tools, (although gcc and g++ are renamed to just cc and c++). Every cs course I have been in so far (Junior in College) we have needed to know how to use the unix tools, even though the classes were in Java, we needed to know how to use unix (solaris) to do our compiling to turn in the assignments so it wouldn't hurt (at all) to learn the unix cli and developer tools. Expecialy learn vi or emacs, so you can edit through a terminal easily.
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