QuickCRC and QuickUML Developer Tools
13/6/2009 | external link
Excel Software updated the QuickCRC and QuickUML tools to design object-oriented software. The software updates for Mac OS X and Windows include a new installer, interface enhancements, add and delete diagram buttons and a reduced price. The Mac edition is a Universal Binary application optimized for both PPC and Intel based Mac OS X computers. The Windows edition runs on XP or Vista. CRC cards or UML models can be edited from Mac or Windows.
Karelia announces Software Developers' Kit for Sandvox 1.5
13/6/2009 | external link
Karelia Software has released a Software Developers' Kit (SDK) for creating plugins for Sandvox version 1.5 and up. The Sandvox SDK allows Cocoa developers to create new custom pages, pagelets, and collection index data types. By creating custom-built plugins, Sandvox can be extended far beyond the core of its own built-in 11 page types and 19 pagelet types. The Sandvox SDK is a set of documentation, full source code to almost all of the built-in plugins from Sandvox, and an Xcode template.
RbApp 2.2 released for REALbasic Developers
13/6/2009 | external link
Excel Software ships RbApp 2.2 for REALbasic development. RbApp components can be used for applications that require graphics, page layout, data entry and manipulation grids, text editing, undo/redo commands, tool bars and palettes, string lists, XML storage, cross-platform file management, charts or graphs.
REALbasic Developer Magazine In Book Format - Pre-Order Sale
13/6/2009 | external link
REALbasic Developer Magazine is reprinting the last year's issues into a convenient perfect-bound book which will be shipping at the end of November. Pre-order RBD Archive Volume 6, a perfect-bound book containing the full contents of Year 6 of REALbasic Developer Magazine, for 25% off the normal price. REALbasic Developer has become renown around the world as the premiere source of REALbasic instruction, tutorials, and programming advice.
QuickLicense 3.0 Software License Protection
13/6/2009 | external link
QuickLicense 3.0 empowers developers to protect and manage any software license for Mac or Windows applications. The product includes an API for complete developer control and the AddLicense tool to wrap compiled applications within a protective license with no programming required.
SQLite Diff 1.18 - New Product Compares SQLite Database Schema and Data
13/6/2009 | external link
SQLite Diff is a graphical application enabling developers to easily Drag & Drop two SQLite databases onto the application to start the comparison process. SQLite Diff uses a high performance in-memory store of both SQLite schemas to perform most comparisons within in a few seconds. The data comparison feature optionally compares each record within the dropped files using the ROWID as the primary key.
SQLite Diff 1.18 - New Product Compares SQLite Database Schema and Data
13/6/2009 | external link
SQLite Diff is a graphical application enabling developers to easily Drag & Drop two SQLite databases onto the application to start the comparison process. SQLite Diff uses a high performance in-memory store of both SQLite schemas to perform most comparisons within in a few seconds. The data comparison feature optionally compares each record within the dropped files using the ROWID as the primary key.
Apress acquires rights to best-selling SpiderWorks books
13/6/2009 | external link
IT Professional book publisher Apress, Inc., today announces the acquisition of the rights to best-selling titles Learn C on the Macintosh and Learn Objective-C on the Macintosh from SpiderWorks, LLC. The deal will see author and SpiderWorks CEO Dave Mark reshaping the acquired titles to become part of a fresh, new-look Mac development book series for Apress.
REAL Software Ships REALbasic 2008 Release 4
13/6/2009 | external link
REAL Software is now shipping REALbasic 2008 Release 4. This release further focuses on REAL Software's commitment to improve stability and reliability in REALbasic. REALbasic 2008 Release 4 includes over 300 improvements and 6 new features. REALbasic is a full-featured software development environment suited to creating a wide range of applications, from utilities to enterprise-class applications.
The Mac Developer Network releases "Developing Frameworks" video course
13/6/2009 | external link
The Mac Developer Network has added to its video training series for Mac developers by adding a new training course called "Developing and Using Frameworks". The 26 minute video tutorial walks developers through the process of creating reusable framework projects in Xcode and demonstrates everything they need to know to use them either directly in their projects or as shared frameworks.
ClickInstall 1.0 for Mac OS X
13/6/2009 | external link
ClickInstall makes it easy to create compressed, password-protected, self-extracting installers for Mac software with basic computer skills. An installer can be double-clicked on a CD to begin installation without confusing disk images created on the computer.
Yuma brings object-oriented BASIC to web development
13/6/2009 | external link
Inspiring Applications, Inc. today announced the release of Yuma, a development tool that enables BASIC programmers to write web software that runs on any major server platform. Yuma users can build dynamic web sites using a readable, object-oriented language similar to VB.NET and REALbasic. Yuma testers have found it to result in faster, more efficient web development than the alternatives they had been using, and find the resulting applications to run very fast too.
Mosquito SW releases GuancheMOS 1.7
13/6/2009 | external link
Mosquito SW launches GuancheMOS version 1.7, an update of the serial number engine used by shareware and commercial REALbasic developers. The new 1.7 version fixes Windows compilation problems with REALbasic 2008. This version also improves some inner works of the serial number engine.
ActiveState Releases Komodo IDE 4.4
13/6/2009 | external link
ActiveState Software today released Komodo IDE 4.4, adding user requested timesaving features and performance improvements to the award-winning integrated development environment, including a sophisticated function list feature with industry-leading capabilities. Komodo IDE has an exhaustive list of development tools, comprehensive language coverage, flexible cross-platform licensing, an extensible framework, and integrated source code control.
Tumult Co. Releases Hyperedit 1.6
13/6/2009 | external link
Tumult Co. today announced the release of version 1.6 of its lightweight HTML and PHP editor for Mac OS X, HyperEdit. Tumult HyperEdit uses a split view with text editor and a preview pane to display the web page live as a user types. Version 1.6 improves HyperEdit with several stability fixes, support for Safari 3.1's Web Inspector, the ability to display invisible characters, auto-updates, and better support for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.
Programlogik announces ForgEdit 1.0 for Mac OS X
13/6/2009 | external link
Programlogik is proud to announce ForgEdit 1.0, their professional strength, programmers text editor for Mac OS X. With a focus on ease-of-use, ForgEdit was created specifically in response to the needs of software developers. ForgEdit offers a clean user-interface with a unique and innovative feature set, supporting tabbed editing, keyboard shortcuts, modes, extensive applescript support, ftp/sftp support, odb editor suite support, bookmarks, command line tool, and more.
Programlogik announces ForgEdit 1.0 for Mac OS X
13/6/2009 | external link
Programlogik is proud to announce ForgEdit 1.0, their professional strength, programmers text editor for Mac OS X. With a focus on ease-of-use, ForgEdit was created specifically in response to the needs of software developers. ForgEdit offers a clean user-interface with a unique and innovative feature set, supporting tabbed editing, keyboard shortcuts, modes, extensive applescript support, ftp/sftp support, odb editor suite support, bookmarks, command line tool, and more.
QuickLicense 2.2 Adds Drag & Drop License Protection
13/6/2009 | external link
Excel Software announces an innovative new tool to protect and license software. A software vendor can drag and drop a Windows or Macintosh application onto the AddLicense desktop icon to wrap it with any license configured from QuickLicense. The QuickLicense customer database capacity and performance has been increased and the Site edition supports multiple databases and users.
Excel Software releases DocProtect 1.0 for Mac and Windows
13/6/2009 | external link
Excel Software today has announced DocProtect 1.0 for Mac and Windows. Developers and authors can now protect their investment and increase sales by ensuring only licensed customers can use their Mac OS X and Windows documents. With basic computer skills, anyone can use DocProtect on HTML projects, image collections, video and audio files, PDFs and Excel spreadsheets. DocProtect works independently or in conjunction with the QuickLicense protection system.
Learn Objective-C Completes Initial Trio of Apress Mac Development Books
13/6/2009 | external link
IT professional book publisher Apress, Inc., announces the publication of "Learn Objective-C on the Mac", a title which completes a trio of books giving a complete introduction to programming for Mac OS X and iPhone. The authors, Mark Dalrymple and Scott Knaster, take the reader through features such as instantiation, protocols for multiple inheritance, dynamic typing, and message forwarding.
Aquamacs Emacs 1.6 released
13/6/2009 | external link
The Aquamacs Project is proud to announce the release of Aquamacs Emacs 1.6, the leading Mac-friendly variant of the widely-used editor Emacs. It is a versatile, fast and mature editor for source code, web pages, typesetting documents and all other forms of text. Emacs is a text editor of legendary flexibility and has made millions of programmers and writers very productive.
OpenMeta: new open source document management and metadata for OS X
13/6/2009 | external link
Ironic Software has released today OpenMeta, a new open sourced standard for metadata on OS X. OpenMeta, working with established OS X technologies, ushers in a new wave of standards based document management solutions. These solutions can scale from single laptops through to large organizations. Ironic is also releasing free tools to work with the OpenMeta standard. 'Tagger' is an application that allows tagging and rating any document, while omtool is a command line utility.
Ubermind WebObjects Training - Registration Now Open
13/6/2009 | external link
Ubermind will be holding its Spring WebObjects Development course from March 23rd - 27th 2009. This five-day course offers an intensive look into designing, building, and deploying Web applications using Apple's WebObjects technology. Based on over a decade of professional consulting on WebObjects projects, Ubermind has developed a curriculum that reflects a hands-on, real-world perspective to WebObjects development.
Learn Objective-C Completes Initial Trio of Apress Mac Development Books
13/6/2009 | external link
IT professional book publisher Apress, Inc., has announced the publication of "Learn Objective-C on the Mac", a title which completes a trio of books giving a complete introduction to programming for Mac OS X and iPhone. The authors, Mark Dalrymple and Scott Knaster, take the reader through features such as instantiation, protocols for multiple inheritance, dynamic typing, and message forwarding.
OpenMeta: new open source document management and metadata for OS X
13/6/2009 | external link
Ironic Software has released OpenMeta, a new open sourced standard for metadata on OS X. OpenMeta, working with established OS X technologies, ushers in a new wave of standards based document management solutions. These solutions can scale from single laptops through to large organizations. Ironic is also releasing free tools to work with the OpenMeta standard. 'Tagger' is an application that allows tagging and rating any document, while omtool is a command line utility.
WebObjects community surveys are now available
13/6/2009 | external link
The WebObjects Community Association is happy to announce the availability of our annual surveys about the WebObjects Community. The surveys are the best way for WebObjects developers to give feedback to Apple and to the Association and will let us, the Association, plan for the coming year, especially for WOWODC 2009. Input and feedback from community members are vital to the continued success of WOWODC, the community-organized WebObjects Developer Conference.
Build powerful applications for Web and iPhone using Apple's WebObjects
13/6/2009 | external link
Ubermind is holding a WebObjects development course from March 23 - 27, 2009. Bring your laptop and an appetite for learning and get ready to dive into an intensive, hands-on, five-day course offering an under-the-hood look into designing, building, and deploying web applications with WebObjects based on our engineers' extensive experience in the field. Space is limited, so early enrollment is highly recommended. Class is open to all levels.
REALbasic Developer Magazine March/April Issue Available Now
13/6/2009 | external link
REALbasic Developer Magazine's new March/April issue is now available in print and PDF formats. This issue features an in-depth article on creating Photoshop-like image filters for your REALbasic programs, a beginner's guide to using Virtual Volumes to store text and images in the same file, how to read data models, and a "postmortem" of the acclaimed TickerMenu software.
MacA&D 3.0 for Requirements Management and Software Design
13/6/2009 | external link
Excel Software has announced MacA&D 3.0 for system analysts, software designers and programmers. MacA&D is for system models with simulation, requirements management, software design, code generation, models from code and project reports. MacA&D has enhancements to the user interface, integrated help, manual set, report scripting engine, installer plus new features to add, remove, duplicate and individually lock or unlock editing on diagrams.
The Pragmatic Programmers releases Xcode Video Tutorials
13/6/2009 | external link
The Pragmatic Programmers have released a two-part "Becoming Productive in Xcode" screencast series for new and seasoned iPhone and Mac developers alike. By learning how to use Xcode in a truly productive way, you'll spend less time being frustrated and have more time to focus on your application. Download and watch these DRM-free video tutorials when and where it's convenient for you.
Build powerful applications for Web and iPhone using Apple's WebObjects
13/6/2009 | external link
Ubermind is holding a WebObjects development course from March 23 - 27, 2009. Bring your laptop and an appetite for learning and get ready to dive into an intensive, hands-on, five-day course offering an under-the-hood look into designing, building, and deploying web applications with WebObjects based on our engineers' extensive experience in the field. Space is limited, so early enrollment is highly recommended. Class is open to all levels.
REALbasic Developer Magazine March/April Issue Available Now
13/6/2009 | external link
REALbasic Developer Magazine's March/April issue is now available in print and PDF formats. This issue features an in-depth article on creating Photoshop-like image filters for your REALbasic programs, a beginner's guide to using Virtual Volumes to store text and images in the same file, how to read data models, and a "postmortem" of the acclaimed TickerMenu software.
The Pragmatic Studio Announces Next iPhone Development Course
13/6/2009 | external link
The Pragmatic Studio announces their next iPhone development course to be held May 5-8, 2009 in Denver, CO. In this 4-day, hands-on training you'll learn how to build iPhone applications like the pros with expert instruction by two iPhone developers and authors. You'll come away with the experience and confidence to create your own iPhone applications from scratch using the latest features in the iPhone SDK.
The Pragmatic Programmers releases Xcode Video Tutorials
13/6/2009 | external link
The Pragmatic Programmers have released a two-part "Becoming Productive in Xcode" screencast series for new and seasoned iPhone and Mac developers alike. By learning how to use Xcode in a truly productive way, you'll spend less time being frustrated and have more time to focus on your application. Download and watch these DRM-free video tutorials when and where it's convenient for you.
The Mac Developer Network offers 3 One Day Workshops for Developers
13/6/2009 | external link
On the 15th of April 2009 The Mac Developer Network will be hosting 3 one day Mac developer training workshops in Hatfield Hertfordshire, UK. Each workshop runs from 10am to 5pm and focuses on a single subject for the whole day in a very hands-on way. The workshops on offer are User Interfaces with Mike Lee, Core Data with Marcus Zarra and iPhone Development with Bill Dudney.
The Pragmatic Studio Announces Next iPhone Development Course
13/6/2009 | external link
The Pragmatic Studio has announced their next iPhone development course to be held May 5-8, 2009 in Denver, CO. In this 4-day, hands-on training you'll learn how to build iPhone applications like the pros with expert instruction by two iPhone developers and authors. You'll come away with the experience and confidence to create your own iPhone applications from scratch using the latest features in the iPhone SDK.
Eltima Software releases Flash'in'App 2.0 - Embed Flash inside Mac Apps
13/6/2009 | external link
Eltima Software today released Flash'in'App 2.0, a Cocoa framework which lets developers load and fully manage Flash movies right within Mac applications. This framework contains a set of classes, which provide application with the ability to load, play and manage any SWF files right within this application. The application can communicate with SWF file via External API, FSCommands and Variables.
REALbasic Developer Magazine Book Pre-Order Sale
13/6/2009 | external link
REALbasic Developer Magazine today announced the reprinting of its first five years of issues into convenient perfect-bound books which will be shipping in May. REALbasic Developer is renown around the world as the premiere source of REALbasic instruction, tutorials, and programming advice. Each 300 page book contains the full contents of one year of the magazine. Pre-orders of RBD Archive Volume 1-5 save 25% through April 20, 2009.
RemObjects Software introduces RemObjects SDK for Mac OS X
13/6/2009 | external link
Illinois based RemObjects Software, LLC today is proud to introduce RemObjects SDK for OS X, their new framework for Mac and iPhone developers. RemObjects SDK makes it easy for developers to create networked applications that communicate with each other. As a fully native OS X framework, RemObjects SDK was designed from the ground up to fit in with the tools that Mac and iPhone developers use, such as Xcode, Cocoa and Objective-C.
Eltima Software releases Flash'in'App 2.0 - Embed Flash inside Mac Apps
13/6/2009 | external link
Eltima Software has released Flash'in'App 2.0, a Cocoa framework which lets developers load and fully manage Flash movies right within Mac applications. This framework contains a set of classes, which provide application with the ability to load, play and manage any SWF files right within this application. The application can communicate with SWF file via External API, FSCommands and Variables.
REALbasic Developer Magazine Book Pre-Order Sale
13/6/2009 | external link
REALbasic Developer Magazine has announced the reprinting of its first five years of issues into convenient perfect-bound books which will be shipping in May. REALbasic Developer is renown around the world as the premiere source of REALbasic instruction, tutorials, and programming advice. Each 300 page book contains the full contents of one year of the magazine. Pre-orders of RBD Archive Volume 1-5 save 25% through April 20, 2009.
RemObjects Software introduces RemObjects SDK for Mac OS X
13/6/2009 | external link
Illinois based RemObjects Software, LLC has announced RemObjects SDK for OS X, their new framework for Mac and iPhone developers. RemObjects SDK makes it easy for developers to create networked applications that communicate with each other. As a fully native OS X framework, RemObjects SDK was designed from the ground up to fit in with the tools that Mac and iPhone developers use, such as Xcode, Cocoa and Objective-C.
VolnaTech releases NimbleKit SDK - Software Development for iPhone
13/6/2009 | external link
VolnaTech has released NimbleKit SDK, an update to their software development kit for the iPhone platform. NimbleKit allows to develop iPhone applications much quicker using just HTML and Javascript. You have good ideas for iPhone software but you don't know Objective-C? No need to spend time learning how to use complicated tools, just start development from a template. NimbleKit is well documented and sample code is available.
Apress Mac and iPhone Bestsellers Available on Safari Books Online
13/6/2009 | external link
IT professional book publisher Apress, Inc., today announces the inclusion of bestselling Mac and iPhone development book trio Learn C on the Mac, Learn Objective-C on the Mac, and Beginning iPhone Development: Exploring the iPhone SDK to its growing list of books available on Safari Books Online. This initial trio of Apress Mac Development titles offers readers a broad introduction to programming for Mac OS X and the iPhone, and provides a foundation for further forthcoming titles.
VolnaTech releases NimbleKit SDK - Software Development for iPhone
13/6/2009 | external link
VolnaTech has just released NimbleKit SDK, an update to their software development kit for the iPhone platform. NimbleKit allows to develop iPhone applications much quicker using just HTML and Javascript. You have good ideas for iPhone software but you don't know Objective-C? No need to spend time learning how to use complicated tools, just start development from a template. NimbleKit is well documented and sample code is available.
Arten Science Releases RBStarterKit - Help for REALbasic Beginners
13/6/2009 | external link
Arten Science has released the REALbasic Starter Kit for Macintosh and Windows. The RB Starter Kit executable demonstrates and documents a module of predefined functions that will mainly be of use to new and intermediate REALbasic Developers. As well as the module that can be used within your own projects, the source code for the examples application can be used to learn how to do things such as automatically creating a local SQLite database, and more.
QuickLicense 4 and Safe Activation Service 2 Protects Software
13/6/2009 | external link
Excel Software has announced the availability of QuickLicense 4 and Safe Activation Service 2 to protect and manage any Mac or Windows software license. QuickLicense protects any kind of software written in any programming language including desktop applications, plugins, spreadsheets, services or multi-media content. It includes an application programming interface (API) and the AddLicense tool to wrap a compiled application in a protective license with no programming required.
Flying Pig releases FPPostGreSQL 1.0
13/6/2009 | external link
Flying Pig introduces today FPPostGreSQL 1.0. One year ago, Flying Pig released pre-version 0.1.1 for FPPostGreSQL, the free 100% Cocoa/Objective-C 2.0 PostGreSQL Framework. Today, we introduce version 1.0 with a bundle of new features and a lot more stability. Among new features, FPPostGreSQL offers a brand new queuing system with dependencies and priorities, the implementation of new date related types, a new way of managing empty dates, sent as null object, thread safety, and more.
Arten Science Releases RBStarterKit - Help for REALbasic Beginners
13/6/2009 | external link
Arten Science has released the REALbasic Starter Kit for Macintosh and Windows. The RB Starter Kit executable demonstrates and documents a module of predefined functions that will mainly be of use to new and intermediate REALbasic Developers. As well as the module that can be used within your own projects, the source code for the examples application can be used to learn how to do things such as automatically creating a local SQLite database, and more.
VolnaTech releases NimbleKit SDK - Software Development for iPhone
13/6/2009 | external link
VolnaTech has just released NimbleKit SDK, an update to their software development kit for the iPhone platform. NimbleKit allows to develop iPhone applications much quicker using just HTML and Javascript. You have good ideas for iPhone software but you don't know Objective-C? No need to spend time learning how to use complicated tools, just start development from a template. NimbleKit is well documented and sample code is available.




