dmmg1176@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (David M Marcovitz) (10/11/90)
I'm sure this question has been asked many times, but I couldn't find any answers to it while browsing through recent articles. I am about to start programming my Mac, and I would like suggestions on a good programming environment. I have experience with C, Pascal, Lisp, and other languages so the specific language is not critical. But I have never programmed the Mac (ok, I've written a canonical "Hello, World" program in Lightspeed C, but that's about all). I currently have an old version of Lightspeed C and a Mac II with 1 Meg of memory (I'm sure I'll want to add some more memory). The program I am interested in writing is fairly serious and involves some simple manipulations of shapes. What programming environments are the best in terms of (a) support for simple graphics, (b) general environment (debugger, editor, ...), and (c) making it easy to do other Mac like things (such as pull-down menus, general mouse control, ...)? Right now, I am considering (1) upgrading to a current version of Lightspeed C, a cheap alternative, or (2) getting Macintosh Programmers Workshop, expensive but (I've heard) better for serious programming. I would appreciate any comments on these two choices or any others. Thanks. -- David M. Marcovitz | internet: marcovitz@uiuc.edu Computer-based Education Research Lab | dmmg1176@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu University of Illinois | novanet: marco / cca / cerl