Creating Widgets with Dashcode

Learn how to create simple Dashboard widgets using Dashcode. This video will take you through some of the easier steps in creating your own Dashboard widget. We also talk about some of the more advanced parts of Dashcode like the debugger and inspector.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• mactips
• dashcode
• widget
• dashboard

[CasperBHansen]

@assassin3004 It's a common misunderstanding, it's all good :)

[assassin3004]

@CasperBHansen Yeahh yeah sorry, my comment was completely out. It's amazing how much you think you know after programming for a few months :)

[CasperBHansen]

@Apatheticanal just type 'dashcode' into spotlight :)

[CasperBHansen]

@assassin3004 Surely you are kidding :D — Macs can compile and run C++, but for Widgets it is based on JavaScript. For applications/games, C++ is used either as the primary language or intertwined with Objective-C (this is called Objective-C++ and has the extension .mm for its source files). Though you can create widget plug-ins which use Cocoa bundle, this is Objective-C and I don't see how Objective-C++ shouldn't be able to be run as a widget plug-in. :)

[0TheTechGuy0]

@sordow it was from an app adium its a messenger app all in one

[0TheTechGuy0]

@effectsmaker you have to be a registered developer to do thi

[sordow]

what was that chime?

[Apatheticanal]

I can't find it on my mac; where do I find it. I have Snow Leopard and everything.:(

[effectsmaker]

does anyone know how to upload your widget to the apple website thanx

[AppleFanReviewer]

how do you make a widget that displays plain HTML code?