An overview of Leopard for developers

Posted Oct 29th 2007 10:30PM by Mike Schramm
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Software, Apple, Leopard, Developer

If you haven't seen this roundup yet, Matt Gemmell's huge list of everything Leopard can do for developers is pretty amazing. It's a bit on the technical side, but worry not-- about 1/4 of the way down the page you'll think that this is a list only for developers, and if you keep scrolling you'll start to see that (somewhere around the "HUD windows" part) Apple has broken open almost all of their interfaces to developers of all makes and models. Everything from menus to date formatting is updated in Leopard's developer applications, and there's lots of "freebies" that will make even smaller programs better-- icons and images, an image editor, and a built-in grammar checker can all be easily implemented in any Leopard apps.

As hot as this operating system is (and yes, despite the problems that folks are having with it), the really good stuff is yet to come. When talented programmers and designers get their hands on these tools, then we'll really see why it's so great to be a Mac user.

Thanks, Tony!

Tags: awesome, developer, icons, image-editor, leopard, list, matt-gemmell, overview, tools, xcode

Related Headlines

Leopard-ready iMac icons (12 days ago - 18 Comments)
Stacks on the iPhone (10 days ago - 14 Comments)
Fix the Leopard folders? (48 days ago - 53 Comments)
Leopard's Dock doesn't work on the side (61 days ago - 40 Comments)
Cabel's Coda toolbar and the Three Pixel Conundrum (49 days ago - 8 Comments)

Reader Comments

(Page 1)

1. Oh noes! I has problem wiv Lepard. My wurdz has green skwiggles.

I can has grammer modjewel for LOLcats?

Posted at 6:14AM on Oct 30th 2007 by Crouching Leopard, Hidden Dragthing

Add your comments

Please keep your comments relevant to this blog entry. Email addresses are never displayed, but they are required to confirm your comments.

When you enter your name and email address, you'll be sent a link to confirm your comment, and a password. To leave another comment, just use that password.

To create a live link, simply type the URL (including http://) or email address and we will make it a live link for you. You can put up to 3 URLs in your comments. Line breaks and paragraphs are automatically converted — no need to use <p> or <br> tags.

#	Blogger	Posts	Cmts
1	Mike Schramm	74	10
2	Erica Sadun	74	14
3	Scott McNulty	58	6
4	Michael Rose	55	47
5	Mat Lu	46	13
6	Dave Caolo	17	1
7	Nik Fletcher	16	3
8	Lisa Hoover	6	8
9	Christina Warren	5	4
10	Jason Clarke	2	1
11	Victor Agreda, Jr.	2	4

Blogger

Posts

Cmts

Sep	OCT	Jan
	30
2006	2007	2009

Exclusive - Photology, new photo cataloging software Google prepping Gmail 2.0 Brijit tells you what's worth reading YourStreet: find news and conversations in your backyard MTV to launch lyrics services Subscribe with My AOL, MyYahoo or Bloglines	The Toilet Restaurant Travel writing tips from around the web Get your Ski-Mojo working! Bragging about Gran Via on its centennial Guardian's 2007 Travel Awards winners Subscribe with My AOL, MyYahoo or Bloglines
FCC looking to facilitate programming competition for apartments SlySoft claims to have cracked BD+, naysayers fall quiet HDTV Listings for October 29, 2007 EZFetch HD media streamer can stream off Nseries phones HD DVD and Blu-ray releases on October 30th, 2007 Subscribe with My AOL, MyYahoo or Bloglines	Dancing With The Stars: Week 6 Journeyman: Keepers Chuck: Chuck Versus the Sandworm How I Met Your Mother: I'm Not That Guy New TV on DVD releases this week Subscribe with My AOL, MyYahoo or Bloglines
GM Two-Mode Hybrid SUVs to start at about $40,000 Carlist's Lou Ann Hammond fills up at the plug More hybrids available, but are they affordable? GM announces new $250M green car research center "in China, with China, for China" Tesla Roadster delay related to transmission, not the batteries Subscribe with My AOL, MyYahoo or Bloglines	Google to announce Gphone among doubts General Mills Curves cereal: Real women like sawdust? World's richest is Mukesh Ambani: Billion-dollar decisions from a billion-dollar home Kudos to Gap for its handling of child labor scandal Stanley: Prudence, patience, profits never go out of style Subscribe with My AOL, MyYahoo or Bloglines
Cinematical Seven: Horror Movies to Watch for in 2008 New Line Picks Up The Rights to Graphic Novel 'Drafted' Retro Cinema: Ed Wood Patrick Dempsey and Amy Adams: Ask 'Enchanted' Unscripted Stars a Question Cheryl Hines to Direct Adrienne Shelly's 'Serious Moonlight' Subscribe with My AOL, MyYahoo or Bloglines	Dell's XPS One gets undressed and naughty Hino Motors showcases light-controlling SPD-Smart windows Ricoh's GR Digital encore: the 10 megapixel GR Digital II Sysbay International's PF500: the flowery 7-inch PMP Zune 80 passes FCC! Subscribe with My AOL, MyYahoo or Bloglines
M&A Update : Dillards rallies on renewed buyout chatter Gores Group buys majority stake in Safran SA Cerberus successfully negotiates with UAW for a four-year contract Oracle says goodbye to BEA Systems Will Oracle walk away from bid for BEA Systems? Subscribe with My AOL, MyYahoo or Bloglines	AutoblogGreen for 10.30.07 SEMA 2007: Chevy HHR Panel SS delivers smiles at SEMA SEMA 2007: '34 Chevrolet Coupe E85 pops into GM party SEMA 2007: Cobalt SS Turbo makes SEMA debut SEMA 2007: Corn-fed Corvette C6RS drops at GM party Subscribe with My AOL, MyYahoo or Bloglines
Google (GOOG) to announce G-phone among doubts Now is best time of year to invest, most sedentary cities & personal gift cards - Today in Money 10/29 StockWatch: Between the Bells with Todd Harrison Before the bell: AAPL, GE, VZ, EBAY, F, MSFT ... Apple (AAPL) iPhone: Limit two to a customer Subscribe with My AOL, MyYahoo or Bloglines	Hey, let's make some skulls out of sugar! Jew Eat Yet's tribute to Arlene Francis White pepper is just naked black pepper Give the gift of a homemade cookbook Oatmeal Pie for National Oatmeal Day Subscribe with My AOL, MyYahoo or Bloglines