Difference between iPhone development and Mac OSX development [closed]

Answer 1

• Tools are the same, you'll use Xcode just as with iOS Development.

• The same language and syntax is used.

• There are some differences, the most important being Garbage Collection, which is available on the Mac but not on iOS. View Controllers also play a different role and, of course, different libraries and APIs are used. Most of the UI elements you're used to on the iPhone (tabbar, navbars, ...) are not present on the Mac..

• In terms of testing, it is pretty straightforward like on the iPhone.