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Apple has launched its new Developer Transition Resource Center (DTRC) providing resources to developers preparing for their transition to Intel-based Macs. The DTRC includes documentation and other resources, new technical articles, and five technical sessions from Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference 2005. It provides information on the transition, offers practical guidance on what the transition means for an application, and read the stories of other developers who have already completed transition projects.

The Apple Developer Connection has published “Simplifying Data Handling with Uniform Type Identifiers.” Apple notes “Uniform Type Identifiers (UTIs) are strings that specify abstract types in Mac OS X. For developers, UTIs can help you take advantage of Launch Services, Navigation Services, Pasteboard Manager and Translation Services, and work more easily with Spotlight and Automator.

The Apple Developer Connection (ADC) has published a new technical article in its Tiger Developer Overview Series entitled “Working with Xcode 2.0.” The upcoming release of Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger will include Xcode 2.0, Apple’s IDE, which is “updated and improved so that developers can build powerful applications more quickly,” according to the company. Xcode 2.0 includes a new GCC compiler, personalized workspace, visualization tools and fast access to documentation. Read More

The Apple Developer Connection (ADC) has posted a new technical article entitled “Using Java Studio Creator on Mac OS X.” Java Studio Creator is an easy-to-use tool for building Web applications with Java. Available now from Sun Microsystems, Java Studio Creator lets you “leverage the power of the Java platform to solve business problems, without bogging you down in backend issues, or forcing you to give up the productive visual style you probably are used to.” Read More

The Apple Developer Connection (ADC) has published a new article entitled “Writing Open Directory Plug-ins.” Open Directory is Apple technology that lets Macs participate on a network and access network resources, along with Windows and UNIX machines. This article describes the implementation of an Open Directory plug-in, which responds to requests for information about resources.

The Apple Developer Connection has launched the ADC Reference Library, a new developer support tool that aims to make it easier to use the repository of technical information and sample code available from Apple. “The Reference Library integrates into one highly functional interface the core ADC technical resources: documentation, technical notes, sample code, release notes, and technical Q&As.

The Apple Developer Connection’s (ADC) Internet Developer site has published a new technical article titled “Web Page Development: Best Practices.” The article shows you how to design, modify and validate your Web site so that it can be rendered and read properly by all major browsers.

The Apple Developer Connection (ADC) has published a new technical article titled “Optimizing an Xserve for Web hosting,” which shows you how to configure an Xserve and Mac OS X Server for optimal Web hosting.

CompUSA and SoftwareToGo, in conjunction with the Apple Developer Connection (ADC), has launched a new program that gives ADC Premier and Select members the opportunity to have their products carried in CompUSA stores across the US — regardless of whether the retailer currently stocks the shrink-wrapped product on the shelf or not — via electronic software distribution kiosks.

The Apple Developer Connection’s (ADC) Internet Developer site has published a new technical article titled “JavaScript in Mac Browsers.” This informative article tests and compares how Safari, iCab, Internet Explorer, Mozilla, OmniWeb, and Opera handle pop-ups, DHTML, and other common JavaScript tasks. In addition, last week saw the publication of “Web Services with WebObjects” on the Internet Developer site.

The Apple Developer Connection’s (ADC) Internet Developer site has published a new technical article titled “PostgreSQL on Mac OS X.” PostgreSQL is an open source database that can power sophisticated applications on Mac OS X. The article gives installation instructions and then shows how PostgreSQL can be used with Web applications written in Perl, Java, and PHP. Web developers seeking a fully ACID-compliant OSDB will find this article indispensable. Read More

The Apple Developer Connection (ADC) has published a Win32 to Mac OS X Porting Guide for Windows developers to port their existing C or C++ applications to Mac OS X. The guide “introduces Windows programmers to the Mac OS X procedural APIs for key areas such as 2D and 3D graphics, user interface, text handling, networking and multiprocessing.”