Reply to: Picking up coding again

[TheGreenBastard]

If his application is for the mac desktop rather than iphone etc does he have to sell it via the app store?

See below, yes it's not a prerequisite on Mac to release via the app store (as much as crApple would like that) - but it does have advantages for startups: exposure.

My definition of production is release to the App Store.

[woohoo]

App store has sandboxing rules so it might be wiser to trial implementing in Swift; you'll also get 100% Apple SDK coverage.

My worry with .Net would be how Apple views the runtime; they have strict anti-runtime / code execution policies that will be caught during app review.

If his application is for the mac desktop rather than iphone etc does he have to sell it via the app store?

[TheGreenBastard]

App store has sandboxing rules so it might be wiser to trial implementing in Swift; you'll also get 100% Apple SDK coverage.

My worry with .Net would be how Apple views the runtime; they have strict anti-runtime / code execution policies that will be caught during app review.

[Platypus]

Thanks Platypus and Snarf for the advice, really appreciated!

YW.

I'm also 'picking up coding again' after years of honing my Powerpoint skills, now I'm doing something productive, and it feels good!

[meanttobeworking]

Thanks Platypus and Snarf for the advice, really appreciated!

[Snarf]

Hi all,

I have a history of coding HTML/CSS/JS/SQL/ASP/C# but stopped round about .net 2.0, so quite some time ago.

I’ve got an idea for a Plan B project, and I’d like to knock up something of a proof of concept, ideally running on OSX. It’s not a tremendously complex concept but will require detecting when various devices are connected / disconnected via USB.

Does anyone have any pointers for how to start? I’m not looking to produce any code that goes into production.

Thanks!

If you're familiar with C# then I'd suggest .Net core - it runs on windows, OSX and Linux.
You could also look at full fat .Net but to run on anything other than windows will require mono and I didnt have much luck with it when I tried it years ago!

[Platypus]

Use Xcode on the Mac - it's pretty amazing

EDIT: See also https://stackoverflow.com/questions/...evice-is-conne

[NigelJK]

UWP xplatform and os agnostic from VS

[uncle pear]

Visual studio community edition is free, so I'd start by downloading that. That should be plenty for you to get your PoC off the ground.

[woohoo]

If it takes off it’ll be cross-platform, I wanted to write the proof of concept app on a Mac because I have a Mac

Hah I asked a stupid question sorry, makes sense now.
Good luck with the prototype!

[meanttobeworking]

Out of interest why is this plan only for the Mac?

If it takes off it’ll be cross-platform, I wanted to write the proof of concept app on a Mac because I have a Mac

[woohoo]

Out of interest why is this plan only for the Mac?

[meanttobeworking]

You can run .net core on OS X and use Visual studio. So you could at least leverage your c#.

I’ve never tried it though so take it for what’s its worth.

Yeah I saw that was an option, thanks. I wonder how much of it I’d remember

[meanttobeworking]

If it’s not for production use WTF is it for?
Or do you have a different definition of production?

My definition of production is release to the App Store. I want to build a proof of concept cheaply, so I can get a feel for what’s possible without having to code for too many edge cases etc, and then if that goes well, get the app properly developed by someone that actually knows what they are doing.

I know there are other ways of prototyping, but I’m seeing it as a bit of a learning exercise for me too.

[woohoo]

You can run .net core on OS X and use Visual studio. So you could at least leverage your c#.

I’ve never tried it though so take it for what’s its worth.