Picking up coding again

[NigelJK]

UWP xplatform and os agnostic from VS

[Platypus]

Use Xcode on the Mac - it's pretty amazing

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

[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!

[meanttobeworking]

Thanks Platypus and Snarf for the advice, really appreciated!

[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!

[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.

[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]

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.