Re: Porting .NET/XML app to the Mac
Re: Porting .NET/XML app to the Mac
- Subject: Re: Porting .NET/XML app to the Mac
- From: Dustin Voss <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2004 11:48:00 -0800
On 30 Jan, 2004, at 9:55 PM, Lotsa Cabo wrote:
I would like some advice.
I am considering porting one of our Windows applications from .NET to
Mac. We have several Mac users that have requested our product, but
it currently runs on Windows and communicates with our back end IIS
server through a WebService. I am curious as to what you "pros" would
use to do what we are thinking about. Advice on languages,
components, or techniques would be greatly appreciated.
THE APPLICATION
1. App is a compiled UI to a server-based service.
2. When launched, the app connects to a web service and downloads the
user's configuration blob (in XML).
3. As the user works within the app, the XML-based configuration file
is modified.
4. When the user "Saves" their changes, the configuration blob is then
pushed back to the server through the web service.
PROJECT CONSTRAINTS
1. The back end server is IIS and is running ASP.NET with two main web
services published. This cannot be changed at this stage.
2. The app must use as many native technologies as possible. Mac is
not currently our primary deployment platform so we cannot invest
large amounts of money in it with 3rd party products.
3. The use of open source technologies (or freebies) is highly
discouraged.
Again, any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Mac OS X has a built-in XML parser and data structure, and supports
SOAP and RFC. I don't know anything about IIS, so I don't know if that
is applicable. I would use Cocoa, but for a Windows programmer I would
second another's suggestion of Carbon. Or you could use Cocoa for Java
(also built in).
Come to think of it, AppleScript Studio in conjunction with the URL
Access suite and Late Night Software's XML Tools
(
http://www.latenightsw.com) might do the trick. This combination seems
ideal for this app, and it can be built quickly.
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