Learning Apple

Well, it's finally here - my new, brushed aluminum Apple Mac Book Pro.  I went for the 15" screen with a 500GB 7200 RPM hard drive, 2 GHz Core i7 processor and 4GB RAM.

I have had some experience with OSX, which is good.  I think if you were coming straight off Windows and not being a technically minded person it would be rather difficult to get your head around some of the concepts Apple uses. 

I've developed my first application (well, OK I just followed the 'Your First iOS Application' guide from Apple...) and I can say that Objective-C is rather hard to get your head around.  Especially if you're coming from a Microsoft/Java world.  However, designing the interface leaves both Android and BlackBerry so far behind it is not funny.  Designing the interface in the Apple IDE (XCode) is a dream.  It's a true drag-and-drop WYSIWYG experience.  I suppose if you were coming from a web design mindset, Android and BlackBerry with their XML layout files would seem more familiar but honestly - in this day and age, THIS is the way it is supposed to be.  I don't want to have to guess which particular properties apply to the control in this particular instance.  I just want to drag, drop and click a few buttons to set them.

In XCode, it really is just so easy.  Until I try to get my hear around the way Apple likes their iOS apps laid out (code-wise and UI-wise).  From my initial impression, it is not really like Android or BlackBerry.  Very strange.  Going from Android to BlackBerry, it was amazing how similarly they laid out their applications and the way you coded to switch between views/pages/forms/whatever.  Apple, well... Apple is different.  But I'm enjoying it.  Just got to spend the time to read the mountains of documentation.  And you really do have to read these, unlike Android and BlackBerry.

Anyway, I'm off for some dinner and then some 'light' reading before bed.

Ciao
Gazman

Apple Time

Well, I've finally done it.  I've decided to get my hands on an Apple MacBook Pro.  I'm going for a 15" with a 500GB HDD.  All up, I'm looking at around $2,300 for this.  As I don't have that sort of cash lying around, I'm getting it on finance.  So hopefully I'll be getting a call saying "your application is approved.  We now own your soul." from the finance company.
With the MBP,I'll be able to start development on iPad/iPhone applications.  I can also use it for my DJ'ing (See DJ Adumbration on this site).

Ciao for Now.