Installing Xcode
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Before you can start doing any programming on your mac using the cocoa framework you need to have some developer tools. Unlike Microsoft, Apple provide their developers with a free set of tools known as Xcode.
xCode is essentially the only tool you will need for developing applications for Mac OS X. It allows you to create, debug and optimize your code for both the new Intel and the older Power PC platforms. The one thing I really like about Xcode is that everybody uses it, thus every tutorial you will read on Cocoa programming is easy to understand because you are working with the same tools.
So what are you waiting for? Go and download Xcode from the ADC now!
Hmmm…. you’re still here? Probably waiting for that 923mb file to download right? As least once you’ve gotten it onto your machine installing it is easy. Just double click on the XcodeTools package and follow the prompts. Once you have Xcode installed feel free to play around with it, we’ll get started using it soon I promise.