Macintosh

I am tired of needing to run a VM for tools I need. I am about to start working on developing a tool for Mac users using xCode.

I have some things to say, and because of these, people will laugh, but its ok.

This is my first application to build beyond basic shell and bash scripting. I am a Systems Administrator by trade, but i have always left development out of my skill set.

Why xCode? IF this project flops, and if it slows down, I want to be able to transfer this to someone else who wants to pick it up, and I think the best way to do that is to use a standardized tool to generate the project.

What do I intend to include?

At this time, it is my goal to include the following features.

Character Skill Planner
Item/Ship viewer
A manufacturing/production calculator/manager (I do a LOT of industry, so there is a lot here that I want to accomplish.... for myself if no one else)
I would like to include a trade utility here as well.

I would eventually like to include a ship fitting tool, but as there are several others out there that work for the mac, it is a lower priority.


If anyone has any links or information for downloading item and skill data for the game, or even any other pointers on this project, please feel free. As for more meaningful assistance, I really am doing this project for myself. I intend to share it with the eve community, hopefully on the App store as a free download (you already pay for the game, no reason to pay for toys).

If a tool like this already existst, please let me know, so I can go download it!

Again, please share any and all information you think relevant to this project... I promise, I never turn my nose up at help, even if I already have it. :-)

http://www.evefit.org/news/5140fb87c52ef24912000000 is cross platform...

if you're looking to build a tool, i'd highly recommend using Node.js.
example: https://github.com/tmaiaroto/osx-appjs-bootstrap

It's based off of http://appjs.org and there's other tools to do this as well. I just liked AppJS the most. these are of course not only cross platform, but with relative ease you can have a web app as well...and oh yea it's going to be easier than xCode, etc. It's JavaScript afterall

i'd seriously take a look into doing that because then you can create a web app that you can use (to some degree) inside your browser in the game itself.

i should really build some tools myself...but EVE is kinda my break from work, ha.

"Mac Eve Tools" need some fresh oil and the author released the code as he does not update it anymore. http://oldforums.eveonline.com/?a=topic&threadID=1096971

It's a good start since it works fine with skill planning and API but lacks the newest new eden stuff and skill in..

Have fun coding your thing !

You should check out: https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=233980&find=unread