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Mac Forum / Programming / CodeWarrior / May 2005Macintosh Desktop CodeWarrior Development Tools
Hello, In Metrowerks site, the CodeWarrior Development Tools for Mac is temporarily unavailable. What is the status of this product and the PowerPlant framework? Thanks Presumably, CodeWarrior 9.5 will be back once it has been certified to be purged of all x86 technology. As for PowerPlant, Metrowerks still has "PowerPlant Framework for Mac®" listed in their Discontinued Products page at http://www.metrowerks.com/Discontinued/default.htm , although we are told that they probably meant the Windows version, not the Mac. The future of PowerPlant X is an excellent question which I hope is to be addressed with CW 10's release. My hope is that PP is modified to be a C++ wrapper around Interface Builder-created nib files, as I.B. is designated by Apple to be *THE* User Interface design tool of the future. Jonathan Hoyle Eastman Kodak >Presumably, CodeWarrior 9.5 will be back once it has been certified to >be purged of all x86 technology. As for PowerPlant, Metrowerks still >has "PowerPlant Framework for Mac®" listed in their Discontinued >Products page at http://www.metrowerks.com/Discontinued/default.htm , >although we are told that they probably meant the Windows version, not >the Mac. correct it is supposed to read the PowerPlant Cross Platform tools that are discontinued. Ron  SignatureMetrowerks Community Forum is a free online resource for developers to discuss CodeWarrior topics with other users and Metrowerks' staff -- http://www.metrowerks.com/community -- Ron Liechty - MWRon@metrowerks.com - http://www.metrowerks.com >Hello, > >In Metrowerks site, the CodeWarrior Development Tools for Mac is >temporarily unavailable. >What is the status of this product and the PowerPlant framework? They are still being recertified. I checked today but still don't have any estimated time. It may be soon ir may be late it is matter of making sure everything is legal. Ron SignatureMetrowerks Community Forum is a free online resource for developers to discuss CodeWarrior topics with other users and Metrowerks' staff -- http://www.metrowerks.com/community -- Ron Liechty - MWRon@metrowerks.com - http://www.metrowerks.com Thank you for the helpful information. We are looking for a cross platform development environment for a new Mac application. This application already exists on Windows (VisualStudio MFC C++). The CodeWarrior with the PowerPlant C++ environment is one of the options. Not anymore. In what must be one of the stupiest business decisions I can imagine, Metrowerks has sold off its Windows support. FWIW, what kind of bonehead management would do this in a way that requires removing the support from an *existing* product? I would understand removing it from Pro 10, but to take an existing product off the market while you remove functionality has to be one of *the* dumbest moves I've ever seen. On the bright side of all this, maybe we're one step closer to MW selling off the Mac tools to someone who'll take them seriously. Larry I'm in a similar situation.. deciding whether to use Objective-C and Cocoa... or PowerPlant -- my concern is with the future of PowerPlant.. is it worth the investment in time with no guarantee of the future of the framework? I'd love to use C++ (over Objective-C), but I'm not sure if it'll be smarter to learn Cocoa in the long run. Rail SignatureRecording Engineer/Software Developer Rail Jon Rogut Software http://www.railjonrogut.com mailto:rail@railjonrogut.com > Thank you for the helpful information. > We are looking for a cross platform development environment for a new > Mac application. This application already exists on Windows > (VisualStudio MFC C++). > The CodeWarrior with the PowerPlant C++ environment is one of the > options. I too prefer C++ to Objective C/Cocoa, and anytime before now it would have been an easy decision to go via PowerPlant. However, it has been two years since Metrowerks has released CodeWarrior 9 and they have been pretty tight-lipped about version 10. Normally they have new releases every year, with CW 9/Mac released in 2003. Unfortunately, they wasted 2004 for the CW 9/Win released which was killed less than a year later. Perhaps CW 10 will be truly compelling and draw people back, but at this point Metrowerks has lost a great deal of credibility about its dedication to the Mac market. The only recommendation I would give is to wait another couple weeks and see what Metrowerks announces at this year's WWDC (1st week of June). This is their final Do-or-Die moment to wow the Macintosh development community (assuming it's not already too late). I am hoping for the best, but preparing for the worst. After WWDC, it will probably be obvious which way to go. Jonathan Hoyle Eastman Kodak >> After WWDC, it will > probably be obvious which way to go. Thanks Jonathan I'll wait to see what happens. Regards. Rail SignatureRecording Engineer/Software Developer Rail Jon Rogut Software http://www.railjonrogut.com mailto:rail@railjonrogut.com |
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