Xun 0.1

This is a project update for Xun - the registration software outlined earlier.

Where have we reached? Well, practically speaking, nowhere. But, since this the first software we're making - N, P and K - we have done a great deal of stuff.

We know how to apply Bindings now, finally, even if we don't understand everything about them clearly. We are also very used to the Connections that are used in Interface Builder - once you get to know them, they seem more and more like magic. So much of the "glue code" that you'd have to write simply vanishes by using Connections and Bindings. In fact, in the example project that we did, we managed to get rid of about three hundred lines of code by using Bindings. So, the verdict is in - Bindings are a good thing.

So, did we finally find a good site for tutorials? Yes, we did!

• Cocoa Dev Central

Check it out! It's a lovely site. Not only is the design elegant and easy on the eyes, the tutorials are really really well done. Five Stars for CocoaDevCentral.COM.

In any case, the project report, yes...

1. Xun can now accept a list of schools from the user and assign a list of students to each school
2. Xun uses Cocoa Bindings
3. Xun uses a Drawer!
4. Xun saves all information to a file when exiting and restores it from the file at startup - all automatic!
   

--K