Ahh, okay. I think i'll proceed with doing it the regular way. I was actually hoping to submit to the Mac AppStore. I hope they allow on there if it is a self contained app.
Thanks for the reply Buddy --- Buddy Lindsey http://www.buddylindsey.com http://www.twitter.com/buddylindsey On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 10:03 AM, Thibault Martin-Lagardette <thibault.ml@ gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Buddy, > > I would advise to use the "regular" way, aka using Xcode, Interface Builder > etc. > I could think of two reasons for that: > 1/ HotCocoa is, as far as I know, not maintained anymore > 2/ By using Interface Builder, you'll learn more about writing Cocoa apps, > wether it is in MacRuby or Objective-C :-) > > However, please be aware that as of today, it is not possible to submit, on > the AppStore (the iOS AppStore), an application that has been written using > MacRuby :-(. > Sincerely, > -- > Thibault Martin-Lagardette > > > > On Jan 1, 2011, at 05:09, Buddy Lindsey, Jr. wrote: > > All, > > I am just starting with MacRuby and am kind of confused. There seems to be > 2 ways to do GUI development. Hotcocoa or Pure Cocoa API. My confusion is on > which one is best I like hotcocoa because it seems fairly straight forward > on doing GUI stuff, the little I have looked at it, but seems to rely on > Cocoa API where there aren't any mappings. However, I can use interface > builder and xcode more easily going with the pure cocoa api. I also am very > confused when doing anything with interface builder so I am leaning toward > hotcocoa. > > As a note on my background. I just got my first mac in July and started > doing anything with ruby [on rails] in August. I come from a web development > background so desktop apps are a bit new to me. > > Anyone have any advice, comments, and or words of wisdom all they way > around? My goals is to make a fairly simple app I can put into the AppStore. > > Thanks > Buddy > > --- > Buddy Lindsey > http://www.buddylindsey.com > http://www.twitter.com/buddylindsey > _______________________________________________ > MacRuby-devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macruby-devel > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacRuby-devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macruby-devel > >
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