You might have luck with monoosx. The mono project spreads dot net out beyond windows and I've built mono components on a couple linux systems. The monoosx project though is for the mac though. On Thu, 9 Jun 2011, Robin Kipp wrote: > Hi all, > first, sorry for cross posting! In the past, I've been experimenting with > various programming languages. Visual Basic many many years ago back in those > dark days when I was still a Windows user, then some php and Python. However, > I feel I'd love to develop apps that are fully integrated into the frameworks > and structures of Mac OS and possibly iOS. > However, all my attempts to get started have failed miserably so far. I do > have access to the Mac Dev Center and downloaded the latest version of xCode. > However, the Dev Center is so flooded with documentation material that I have > no idea where to start. And whenever I start walking through a handy > getting-started tutorial, I crash at some point because it wants me to craft > some UI, which I can't because the Interface Builder is inaccessible. > However, I know that some VI people have successfully developed apps. So, the > question is really... As a VO user who is seriously interested in developing > apps for the Mac and eventually iOS-based devices, where do I have to start? > What are limitations of xCode, and how can I come up with a GUI by myself? > Thanks for any help on this!!! > Robin> > > Click on the link below to go to our homepage. > > http://www.icanworkthisthing.com > > > > Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. > > //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover > > > > Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to > > macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web > > interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover > > > > > > Click on the link below to go to our homepage. > http://www.icanworkthisthing.com > > Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. > //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover > > Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to > macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web > interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >