I have to do some XCode/iPhone SDK work tomorrow, and i would like to know how I can prepare on Windows. What is the closest I can get to XCode and/or Objective-C developer experience, ideally IOS or similar Objective-C GUI.
Can also be say an interface-builder that works in a similar way.
I know Hackintosh/Vmware solutions, I think it would take a bit to long, especially since i have an AMD laptop with not to much RAM (i do have an Intel netbook)
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I might actually have access to an old Power-PC Mac (i saw in some other threads that this might be possible). Though the question still stands.
The closest you can get is GNUstep and its associated tools. It’s emphatically not the same as Apple’s environment, but it’s derived from the same lineage. Cocoa was derived from the OpenStep frameworks, as is GNUstep (and GNUstep tries to track Apple’s additions, though they lag a lot). Xcode and Interface Builder evolved from the OpenStep Project Builder and Interface Builder, which were also the basis for GNUstep’s ProjectCenter and Gorm. Gorm can even open Interface Builder’s nibs.