Mint Project for Mac

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• Just downloaded it, works as advertised. Great!

  daisyqueenJuly 22, 2010

  Pros

  Builds native Cocoa applications, better than Realbasic. Only 25$ super plus.

  Cons

  Still needs work, some bugs in the UI still. C Arrays are not supported yet (cut you can use NSArray)

  Summary

  I downloaded this looking for an alternative to RealBasic, and Objective-Basic (which seems to be stalled in development). Realbasic still does not support Cocoa properly. They are working hard on it but it is taking forever and Realbasic is starting to become more and more of a mess. So I downloaded this hoping that it would do the trick. I went onto Mint Software's official website to read more about it and downloaded it. I noticed a few things right away, first it is only 25 dollars. Second, there are a few interface things --cosmetic only-- that kinda distracted me (like the lack of line under the tabs). But once I added a few windows and added some code, I was amazed. You can have objects on windows just like Realbasic, but you have more control over them, (using these things called Value Setters) which seemed a bit odd to me. You can also easily add actions to buttons with out having to connect it to NIBS which is great! There are some bugs but I am sure they will be fixed before release. I also noticed some preliminary ability to create iPhone applications. AND that the apps made with mint project are much smaller than the ones made with REALbasic, which is great. The interface is good too, however, you seem to not be able to resize the panels (i sent them an e-mail about that one). I am really glad to see a product like this because I really want to make Cocoa applications in BASIC. I mucho recommend.

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