PC to Mac question



-God- said:
I haven't tried XCode i'll have a look after this post. I have Smultron, TextWrangler and TextEdit, but they don't check syntax in a fashion i can get used to yet. (Probably mostly because i'm a Notepad++ Fanboi.)

I just find error checking so fast in NP++ and often near impossible in others. The way the colouring works as well is phenomenal. If i'm honest though, as a basic coder and a basic user of NP++ i could likely get over my issue with time.

Something very simple, which i find infuriating for example. If i highlight a div close tag in a php page, it will highlight the open tag regardless of where it is within the document, which doesn't happen in any editor for the mac i have tried. It will do it as html, but if it's php it doesn't check the html within, which means for speed, i'm best off doing it on my pc.

I'll check Xcode now though, because if i find a decent enough solution my pc can likely rot. :)

EDIT: Looks like you have to be a registered mac developer. :(
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You just sign up, pretty sure it's free.

And why not try Coda or TextMate? TextMate from what I remember is very similar to Notepad ++.

And using your thumb for command+c/v is weird at first...but now I think using my pinky is really annoying when I go to my windows machine.
 
I cannot live without Expose. When I hover over the lower right of my screen, it spreads all active windows. Hovering to the left throws them out of view for easy desktop access.
 
Affiliati said:
Back when I was a Rails developer, Mac was THE way to go. TextMate is pure awesomeness.
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Oh fuck me backwards. I looked at this a while back but dismissed it. I've just downloaded it and have now purchased it. This is fucking perfect, and it integrates with terminal, not that i have a use for that yet, but can see it's benefits.

I feel like a bit of a cock now, why i hadn't bothered to trial this before is a mystery. Thanks. +Rep

roclafamilia said:
You just sign up, pretty sure it's free.

And why not try Coda or TextMate? TextMate from what I remember is very similar to Notepad ++.
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I used Coda, but couldn't get on with it. It just felt to bulky. I've now go on the TextMate bandwagon. +Rep
 
I love my MBP and will probably continue to use a Mac as my primary computer because of this positive experience. And Coda for the mutha fucking win.
 
Macs are pretty good but even since I got one I still use my pc almost exclusively since many of the programs I use daily only run on it. It makes a good unix server in a pinch though. There's definitely some cool stuff on mac I wish windows had like Expose and such.
 
kingfish said:
Macs are pretty good but even since I got one I still use my pc almost exclusively since many of the programs I use daily only run on it. It makes a good unix server in a pinch though. There's definitely some cool stuff on mac I wish windows had like Expose and such.
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Like what are some examples of your fav apps that dont run on mac. so far most of mine look like they run, but I don't use many super custom apps
 
roclafamilia said:
What's so special about quicksilver? All I ever used it for was launching applications, and spotlight does that. I'm sure there's something about quicksilver i'm missing out on.
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Well, for instance I got here by basically slapping the space bar and typing "Wickedfire". The thing is so awesome that I'm sure I'm missing out on a lot of features myself just because I don't know about them.

Hack Attack: A beginner's guide to Quicksilver - Application Launcher - Lifehacker

What are your best uses for Quicksilver? - Super User
 
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