I'm curious. As I learn more about programming, and my laptop is always with me, and it's a Mac, I was wondering what IDE I can use on the Mac to code cross platform using JUCE. In the docs, it tells how to compile JUCE on XCode, and since it comes with Mac, I looked at it and it's HUGE with features and extra programs. Kind of like a Visual Studio on crack only FREE.
So if I'm keeping to JUCE and stuff from the VST SDK, can I code cross platform on it? If not, is there another free IDE for Mac that can?
Thanks!
Koolkeys
Cross platform programming with JUCE on the Mac
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- KVRAF
- 1615 posts since 28 Mar, 2005
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 16154 posts since 2 Dec, 2003 from Nashville, TN
Probably not anytime soon, since I'm still not that great at coding. I need more time!
But as I go along, I do have ideas of things I want to do. So here's to seeing what happens!
Now I just need to find and settle on a good IDE for Mac. I use Visual Studio.NET and the 2005 Express Edition of Visual Studio, as well as Dev-C++. That's what I have on my PC. But my Mac is always with me, and I would likely get more done on that. Hence the reason I need to know if I can use XCode to develop cross platform apps. It appears I can. Mac recommends using Cocoa or Carbon, and it comes with a version of QT. Then there's WxWidgets. But I really LOVE JUCE. It's cross platform, which Cocoa and Carbon are not. And it appears better for audio apps than WxWidgets. I did mess around with it alot a few months back, and I'm now getting back to it.
So am I right in assuming that if I use JUCE, I can write using only JUCE classes and built in C++ classes and libraries, then just re-compile on each platform using the source code files? Oh, and the VST-SDK also.
Maybe I've just confused myself. Someone save me from my insanity!
Koolkeys
(PS- anyone got a few spare hours they could let me borrow so may days are longer?)
But as I go along, I do have ideas of things I want to do. So here's to seeing what happens!
Now I just need to find and settle on a good IDE for Mac. I use Visual Studio.NET and the 2005 Express Edition of Visual Studio, as well as Dev-C++. That's what I have on my PC. But my Mac is always with me, and I would likely get more done on that. Hence the reason I need to know if I can use XCode to develop cross platform apps. It appears I can. Mac recommends using Cocoa or Carbon, and it comes with a version of QT. Then there's WxWidgets. But I really LOVE JUCE. It's cross platform, which Cocoa and Carbon are not. And it appears better for audio apps than WxWidgets. I did mess around with it alot a few months back, and I'm now getting back to it.
So am I right in assuming that if I use JUCE, I can write using only JUCE classes and built in C++ classes and libraries, then just re-compile on each platform using the source code files? Oh, and the VST-SDK also.
Maybe I've just confused myself. Someone save me from my insanity!
Koolkeys
(PS- anyone got a few spare hours they could let me borrow so may days are longer?)
My host is better than your host
btw, xcode makes me 
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 16154 posts since 2 Dec, 2003 from Nashville, TN
Well, XCode seems to be very powerful, and I'm going through the manuals right now, since I can't figure it out without them! So anything I write there, as long as it doesn't have Mac specific code, and sticks with JUCE and built in functions, etc. will be easily portable to Windows? Thanks guys!
Koolkeys
Koolkeys
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