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zanyterp · May 8, 2005, 10:44 PM

Is code for linked lists transferable between mac/pc? i have the option of writing a report on linked lists or to develop a program using them; but at school we only have VS.NET for C# and was wondering the feasibility of writing at home and school. thanks!!!

smitty825 · May 8, 2005, 11:29 PM

Originally Posted by zanyterp

Is code for linked lists transferable between mac/pc? i have the option of writing a report on linked lists or to develop a program using them; but at school we only have VS.NET for C# and was wondering the feasibility of writing at home and school. thanks!!!

I am assuming that you are writing your own linked list code? If so, then it should be fairly portable. (I am assuming that you are writing it in C#). However, by default, there is no support for C#...but there is an open-source project known as Mono, which will allow you to compile C# and use the executable generated on both Macs and Windows machines (or any other system that supports Mono)

Good luck with your class!

zanyterp · May 9, 2005, 02:10 AM

Originally Posted by smitty825

I am assuming that you are writing your own linked list code? If so, then it should be fairly portable. (I am assuming that you are writing it in C#). However, by default, there is no support for C#...but there is an open-source project known as Mono, which will allow you to compile C# and use the executable generated on both Macs and Windows machines (or any other system that supports Mono)

Good luck with your class!

yeah, sadly we are using C# now (though it is not as bad as i had heard; i still prefer c++; perhaps until i can learn objective-c(++)) i have downloaded mono; does it install itself to xcode? or do i have to call it from the command line to compile? if i read the doc right, it will let me code in xcode and compile from there; is that right? thanks!

zanyterp · May 9, 2005, 02:12 AM

. . . . side note . . . .
do the tutorials found on the apple dev site and in the folder when i install xcode help with learning IB (how they work with the code i write) and learning obj-c? thanks!!!

. . . . returning back to the regularly scheduled thread. . . .

smitty825 · May 9, 2005, 09:52 AM

Originally Posted by zanyterp

yeah, sadly we are using C# now (though it is not as bad as i had heard; i still prefer c++; perhaps until i can learn objective-c(++)) i have downloaded mono; does it install itself to xcode? or do i have to call it from the command line to compile? if i read the doc right, it will let me code in xcode and compile from there; is that right? thanks!

I personally think that C# is a fairly decent language...

As for getting C# to work with XCode, I'm not 100% sure. (I haven't used Mono on OS X in awhile.) That being said, I know that there are now some xcode projects that can specify the mono compiler and that may ship with the standard mono distribution. Also, check out Druware Software's xcode tools, which give you syntax highlighting for C#.

As for your side note, look for a tutorial in the /developer/documentation directory that is called "Introduction to Developing Cocoa Objective-C Applications: A Tutorial" That should show you the basics of how to interact with Obj-C and IB. (Or just by the Hillegas book)

zanyterp · May 9, 2005, 09:39 PM

true, it is not a bad language. . . .just takes getting used to. thanks for the links. i will check it out at home. as for my side note, thanks. (anyone know if xcode 2 is different enough that trying to use it and the hillegas book is counterintuitive?) thanks!

Chuckit · May 9, 2005, 11:04 PM

Xcode 2 is not a whole lot different than the previous version. Stuff is mostly added on rather than moved around (or at least that's true of the stuff I tend to use).