XCode!!!

It’s been a lot of fun reading thru Aaron Hillegass’ book “Cocoa Programming in Mac OS X – 3rd Edition”.  I’d say it’s a Cocoa newbie Bible – for anyone who is looking for an easy to read book pick this up in your nearest bookstore.  Aaron makes programming in Mac OS X so easy it’s like taking Algebra for a refresher.

There isn’t a lot of new programming languages an enterprise developer needs to know these days.  It’s either you are into COBOL/Mainframe or your into Java.  I’ve literally stopped learning a new programming language for some time now – the last usable langauge I tried to learn was…uhmm…Javascript/AJAX.

Since I’ve switched to a Mac, I’ve tried to learn as much as how this thing works. For a long time Windows Power User, and an Ubuntu hobbyist – the Mac OS seemed pretty familiar, but its not.  Enter XCode.  I’ve had a lot of experience in different IDEs for almost a decade I’m into software development.  XCode is a mix of the complexity of MS Visual Studio but with the simplicity of look-up functions of Eclipse. All I can say is Wow! Just that!

If anyone of you who wants to explore development in a Mac – I’d recommend getting Aaron’s book and walk yourself through XCode.  It’s amazing how a free development tool just works!