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<blockquote data-quote="ysuee" data-source="post: 166119"><p>Hey All,</p><p></p><p>I've been a mac user for about two years now and have become more and more impressed by the stability offered by Unix.</p><p></p><p>However, I still live in both worlds (XP and OSX) and my programming roots are windows based (sorry <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> ).</p><p></p><p>I'm trying to determine which direction I should head for writing a program that gives me access to the USB ports on a Mac, and allows me to correlate it to a web atmosphere. Basically, I'd have a device attached to a USB port (or multiple), and I'd use an OSX USB driver to write to a database, in turn - use dreamweaver to build a WEB that interfaced with this database.</p><p></p><p>I'm not sure what software I should use to write an app that can talk to my USB ports, as well as load them into a chosen database. I think once I have the data collected into a database, I can handle the WEB side of this, but I want to take this one step at a time.</p><p></p><p>I installed Xcode and I was ready to take off when I said - "wait a minute, this isn't exactly visual studio."</p><p></p><p>My programming background is in C++, VB and ASP (with VB script & Java Script) but I haven't written for about 3 years (hence the ASP and not ASP.net)</p><p></p><p>I'm asking for some advice on what books would be a good aid for me to purchase in order to help me achieve what I'm trying to do. I stopped in at my locals Border's bookstore the other night, and there was quite an array (not a java array <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> ) to choose from.</p><p></p><p>So here is what I almost picked up for a starter:</p><p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0764584111/002-6886794-0845613?v=glance&n=283155&n=507846&s=books&v=glance?tag=macforums0e4-20" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0764584111/002-6886794-0845613?v=glance&n=283155&n=507846&s=books&v=glance?tag=macforums0e4-20</a></p><p></p><p>Any suggestions?</p><p></p><p>Another major thought in my mind is the transition to little endian, which is what Intel uses (vs OSX big endian). Obviously, I don't want to get burned by this if I flip the wrong bit after the architecture changes....</p><p></p><p>I realize I may have really 'broad brushed' this, but I really wanted to hear everyone's thoughts since there may be other 'projects' I attempt to tackle on OSX.</p><p></p><p>Your suggestions on any books, sites, software, etc will be greatly appreciated......</p><p></p><p>Thanks for reading,</p><p>Steve</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ysuee, post: 166119"] Hey All, I've been a mac user for about two years now and have become more and more impressed by the stability offered by Unix. However, I still live in both worlds (XP and OSX) and my programming roots are windows based (sorry :) ). I'm trying to determine which direction I should head for writing a program that gives me access to the USB ports on a Mac, and allows me to correlate it to a web atmosphere. Basically, I'd have a device attached to a USB port (or multiple), and I'd use an OSX USB driver to write to a database, in turn - use dreamweaver to build a WEB that interfaced with this database. I'm not sure what software I should use to write an app that can talk to my USB ports, as well as load them into a chosen database. I think once I have the data collected into a database, I can handle the WEB side of this, but I want to take this one step at a time. I installed Xcode and I was ready to take off when I said - "wait a minute, this isn't exactly visual studio." My programming background is in C++, VB and ASP (with VB script & Java Script) but I haven't written for about 3 years (hence the ASP and not ASP.net) I'm asking for some advice on what books would be a good aid for me to purchase in order to help me achieve what I'm trying to do. I stopped in at my locals Border's bookstore the other night, and there was quite an array (not a java array ;) ) to choose from. So here is what I almost picked up for a starter: [URL]http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0764584111/002-6886794-0845613?v=glance&n=283155&n=507846&s=books&v=glance?tag=macforums0e4-20[/URL] Any suggestions? Another major thought in my mind is the transition to little endian, which is what Intel uses (vs OSX big endian). Obviously, I don't want to get burned by this if I flip the wrong bit after the architecture changes.... I realize I may have really 'broad brushed' this, but I really wanted to hear everyone's thoughts since there may be other 'projects' I attempt to tackle on OSX. Your suggestions on any books, sites, software, etc will be greatly appreciated...... Thanks for reading, Steve [/QUOTE]
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