Current Notes 27

Software

Sparkle – An update to the OS X library for auto-updating your applications

Information

Compare Array References to Nil – Charles has a good tip: use a Variant (at least in REALbasic 2008 Release 1)

REALLoadGlobalMethod Doesn’t Do What You Might Think – Strictly for you plugin authors

Community

How Do I Feel About REALbasic? – Steve Garman’s Love/Hate Relationship with REALbasic

MBS Forum Notification E-mail List – For those of you who prefer e-mail notifications

Current Notes 26

Software

MBS Plug-ins 8.1 – More useful updates

Ben’s ListBox Extras Class – Adds more features to the venerable ListBox class; $30 source included

Zip Package – Another useful utility from Thomas Tempelmann, who also wrote some great Atari ST software back in the day

Information

First Look: REALbasic 2008 Release 1 – Not very in-depth, but good to see some exposure

First Look?? Time for a Second Look? – Some complaints about the MacNN article mentioned above

Community

Little-known Datatype Fact – Aaron strikes again

Current Notes 25

Software

UndoEditField – A lightweight class that extends the EditField with undo functionality

FMOD Ex Audio Classes – Open-source classes to hook into the powerful, cross-platform FMOD Ex audio library

Information

MicroISV Sites that Sell – An eBook by Bob Walsh that might be useful to those of you selling software. I bought it.

Community

REALbasic Wiki now has code formatting – I haven’t used this excellent resource nearly enough

Current Notes 24

Software

GraphPro 3.7 – Updated for REALbasic 2008 and other changes

Free Valentina Database License – I’ve been meaning to give this database a try

SyBrowser – Updates to this multi-platform database tool

GraffitiButton & GraffitiStatusBar – Updates to work with REALbasic 2008

Community

Geoff Perlman interview – I’m downloading it now…

MacTech Magazine – A special price for REALbasic users (and an interview with Geoff Perlman in the March issue)

Wish List: Registered Plugins – A way to improve the 3rd party control market

Speaker Contest Winners Announced – I am one of the winners; thanks to all who voted!

Current Notes 23

Software

REALbasic 2008 Release 1 – Now with Introspection

RBUnit 3.0 – Now uses Introspection to make it even easier to use

OxMath – A modular 2D & 3D math library

Community

Wish List: Compiler Warnings – This would be a good addition to REALbasic.

2008r1 Awesome Stuff – Aaron highlights some of his favorite things in the new release

Differentials make a difference – Some tips for better bug reports

REAL World Calendars – Subscribe to these iCal calendars with the REAL World schedule