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Cocotron: Win32 cross-platform development using Apple XCode
- jimbokun 18y agoI heard of this a while ago, but was skeptical whether such a large undertaking would meet with any success. Now they have a shipping app to point to as a concrete success. Also interesting given the buzz about Wine and CrossOver, as Cocotron is the bizarro world Wine.
- bestes 18y agoNo matter how cool the Mac and Cocoa are, it is really difficult to start a new development project without having any kind of a pathway to Windows (and Linux). This may be just the thing to get me over the hump of fear, uncertainly and doubt caused as I consider committing to Cocoa. Anyone else had experience with Cocotron?
- jhancock 18y agohell yeah!!! go cocotron! sproutcore, cappuccino, and now cocatron!! I might one day soon be able to address the majority and not have to leave my Mac ;)
- sreitshamer 18y agoI do that with Java now, and the results are great IMHO. I just needed to build an installer (with NSIS) that downloaded a JRE if none was installed on Windows.
- bestes 18y agoDoes your app have much UI? When you say "IMHO", does this mean you think it's OK that it doesn't feel like a native application? Or, have you been able to overcome the issues that make the typical Java app feel clunky?
- sreitshamer 18y agoIt's a desktop app. It's not ready for use yet but if you'd like you can sign up for a beta invite at www.thephotothing.com. I'm not worried about making it feel native, but I am worried about making it look great. That's the approach iTunes takes, seems to me. It's definitely not clunky, but I've done quite a bit of tweaking, including writing my own LookAndFeel.
- sanj 18y agoglen and ken are smart and pragmatic. This is a huge vote of confidence for cocotron.