I do love the ABC video player app, and the speed of the system.  Very responsive.  Love it so much.  It is the WiFi model, but I do intend to get a WiFi + 3G model later.  One for development and one for regular daily use.

Just wish I could find the Apress books in the iBookstore.  Even though I have the printed edition and the eBook editions from Apress, I still would like to be able to have an iBookstore version I could read on the iPad without having to load the PDF file from the MacBook to it.

The model I purchased was the 32GB unit, as the Best Buy store I was at was already out of the 64GB units at the time I had arrived in the line.  Purchasing this iPad kept me from buying a Nintendo Wii for the time being.

I also have the More iPhone 3 Development book by Apress.  Which I will read after I finish some of the shorter 200+ page books that I’ve also ordered from Apress on Amazon.  No Kindle for me though.  I do have the eBooks in PDF form from Apress and the printed copies of all the books from the Amazon store.  Just wish the iPad would be released sooner, so I can begin reading the books on it while I’m developing apps for it at the same time.  I do plan to get 2 iPads.  One for development, and one for regular daily use.

If I get time, I’ll include more tutorials on Apple Snow Leopard PHP extensions, as I’ve been asked in the different comments.  Though I’ve been spending most of my time writing software ideas and studying for the iPhone OS.

3 books down, many more to go.

I’ve already begun switching over to the iPad beta SDK environment while I study all the Cocoa Touch and Objective-C 2.0 reading and testing.  Though it be nice to be able to test on the production device, as it would be more entertaining.

Need to upgrade/replace my MacBook 13″ sometime soon too.  Would be nice to get a 27″ iMac with a second 27″ external display, or get a Mac Pro with 3 external monitors.  Need more screen space for programming and software development.  13″ MacBook screen and external 19″ screen doesn’t give enough space for development.  The iPad screen for the development simulator is too large to fit on the MacBook 13″ screen at full resolution.

So, it looks like the iPad device will cause me to want to purchase 2 or 3 more additional Apple products.  Apple sure knows how to sell to me.

So here is the real question.  Are you going to buy the Mac Tablet if it is released this year?  If so, how soon after it’s released?  If not, why not?  Pros, cons, etc… Let me know what your thoughts are.

Step 1:

Download IMAP source code. (2007e as of writing this). Without this, trying to compile the IMAP PHP extension will give you errors and will refuse to compile.

Unpack the imap-2007e.tar.gz file.

In Terminal:

sudo mv ~/Downloads/imap-2007e /usr/local/imap-2007
cd /usr/local/imap-2007
make osx
sudo cp c-client/c-client.a c-client/libc-client.a

Step 2:

Download PHP 5.3.0 source code for the php imap extension here. I already had a copy from my previous extension tutorial, so I just used that copy.

Unpack the file php-5.3.0.tar.gz. We will only need to use the code within the ext/imap directory. No need to compile all of PHP for this.

In Terminal:

cd ~/Downloads/php-5.3.0/ext/imap
phpize
./configure --with-imap==/usr/local/imap-2007 --with-kerberos --with-imap-ssl
make
sudo cp modules/imap.so /usr/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20090626/

Step 3:

Add in the extension location to the php.ini file.

In Terminal:

sudo pico /etc/php.ini

I placed the following after all the commented out lines for extensions:

extension=/usr/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20090626/imap.so

After you have placed that line in there, press Control-X to exit and save.

Step 4:

Restart Apache.

In Terminal:

sudo apachectl graceful

Now you should be able to see the imap extension installed in your stock Apple PHP.

Xeon

Step 1:

Make sure you have XCode 3.2 for Snow Leopard installed, from the Snow Leopard install DVD.

Step 2:

Download MacPorts for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard here.

If you have previously installed MacPorts and installed software with it in Mac OS X 10.5, run this first to remove it, as it won’t work in Snow Leopard anymore.

In Terminal:

sudo rm -rf /opt/local \
/Applications/MacPorts \
/Applications/DarwinPorts \
/Library/Tcl/macports1.0 \
/Library/Tcl/darwinports1.0 \
/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.* \
/Library/StartupItems/DarwinPortsStartup \
/Library/Receipts/MacPorts*.pkg \
/Library/Receipts/DarwinPorts*.pkg \
~/.macports

Step 3:

Open the MacPorts-1.8.0-10.6-SnowLeopard.dmg file, and install the MacPorts package file.

Step 4:

To hide the /opt folder from Finder view that is visible after installing MacPorts.

In Terminal:

sudo chflags hidden /opt

Step 5:

By default, MacPorts for Snow Leopard should use x86_64 arch instead of ppc/i386, so you shouldn’t have to worry much here.

This part most likely will take the longest of all things in the tutorial, as it requires a large group of individual packages. You can cook dinner, eat it, and you might still be waiting for this to complete after you’ve finished eating. It took about a half hour for it to complete on my MacBook.

In Terminal:

sudo port install imagemagick

Step 6:

Download imagick here.

Unpack the file imagick-2.3.0.tgz.

In Terminal:

cd ~/Downloads/imagick-2.3.0/imagick-2.3.0
phpize
./configure --with-imagick=/opt/local
make
cd modules
sudo cp imagick.so /usr/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20090626/

Step 7:

Download magickwand here.

Unpack the file MagickWandForPHP-1.0.8.tar.gz.

In Terminal:

cd ~/Downloads/MagickWandForPHP-1.0.8/
phpize
./configure --with-magickwand=/opt/local
make
cd modules
sudo cp magickwand.so /usr/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20090626/

Step 8:

Download xdebug here.

Unpack the file xdebug-2.0.5.tgz.

In Terminal:

cd ~/Downloads/xdebug-2.0.5/xdebug-2.0.5
phpize
./configure
make
cd modules
sudo cp xdebug.so /usr/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20090626/

Step 9:

In Terminal:

sudo port install libmemcached

When it completes, type this into Terminal:

sudo launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.memcached.plist

Step 10:

Download memcached here.

Unpack the file memcached-1.0.0.tgz.

In Terminal:

cd ~/Downloads/memcached-1.0.0/memcached-1.0.0/
phpize
./configure --with-libmemcached-dir=/opt/local
make
cd modules
sudo cp memcached.so /usr/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20090626/

Step 11:

Download libmcrypt here.

Unpack the file libmcrypt-2.5.8.tar.bz2.

In Terminal:

cd ~/Downloads/libmcrypt-2.5.8/
./configure --disable-posix-threads --enable-static
make
sudo make install

Step 12:

Download PHP 5.3.0 source code for the mcrypt extension here.

Unpack the file php-5.3.0.tar.gz. We will only need to use the code within the ext/mcrypt directory. No need to compile all of PHP for this.

In Terminal:

cd ~/Downloads/php-5.3.0/ext/mcrypt
phpize
./configure
make
cd modules
sudo cp mcrypt.so /usr/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20090626/

Step 13:

In Terminal:

cd /etc
sudo cp php.ini.default php.ini
sudo pico php.ini

Search for:

display_errors

Set this to:

display_errors = On

Search for:

html_errors

Set this to:

html_errors = On

I placed the following after all the commented out lines for extensions:

;;;;;;
extension=/usr/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20090626/mcrypt.so
extension=/usr/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20090626/magickwand.so
extension=/usr/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20090626/imagick.so
extension=/usr/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20090626/memcached.so
zend_extension=/usr/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20090626/xdebug.so
xdebug.default_enable = On
xdebug.collect_params = 4
xdebug.trace_format = 1
xdebug.show_local_vars = On
xdebug.dump_globals = On
xdebug.show_exception_trace = On
xdebug.collect_assignments = 1
;;;;;;

Set your default timezone. I’ll show mine as an example.

date.timezone = America/New_York

Set your mysql default port.

mysql.default_port = 3306

Press Control-X to exit, it will ask if you want to save changes, so press Y for Yes, and press Enter save and exit completely.

Step 14:

Restart Apache.

In Terminal:

sudo apachectl graceful

That should do it, as this is the exact steps I took to install all of these just now. And everything worked for me just as typed.

Hope this helps you out.

Enjoy.

Snow Leopard comes bundled with Apache 2.2.11, PHP 5.3.0, and SVN 1.6.2.

I upgraded my MySQL install from 5.0.77 to 5.1.37 and then moved my data folder to another location to help keep things sane using the /etc/my.cnf file.

I installed the Xcode from the Snow Leopard CD and downloaded the iPhone SDK 3.1 Beta 3 for Snow Leopard.  Slightly different interface, but I welcome the changes.

So now, instead of using external packages for SVN and PHP (Entropy), now I’m using the prepackaged bundled software.  I did have to reconfigure my svn connection in Apache as it got toasted in the upgrade to Snow Leopard.  It wasn’t a problem though as it was only a few lines.

Now I can sleep good, I hope.

Plan to upgrade to the new iPhone when it’s released, so that I can use my first generation iPhone as the debugging/testing phone and the other for real day to day things.

Hopefully all goes well, as she was the most suited for the style I’m looking for in an artist of all the artists I saw at the convention in the artists hallways.

I do like the cell shading look, and that might be my ultimate style I go with.  If you have skills with designs in these aspects, I would love to hear from you.

First, download the source code for xdebug at the following site

XDebug (source code [2.0.4 as of this writing])

Then unpack the file into a directory someone on your system.

From the terminal, go to the folder where you unpacked everything. It should be xdebug-2.0.4. Then type the following commands:

• cd xdebug-2.0.4
• phpize
• MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.5 CFLAGS=”-arch ppc -arch ppc64 -arch i386 -arch x86_64 -g -Os -pipe -no-cpp-precomp” CCFLAGS=”-arch ppc -arch ppc64 -arch i386 -arch x86_64 -g -Os -pipe” CXXFLAGS=”-arch ppc -arch ppc64 -arch i386 -arch x86_64 -g -Os -pipe” LDFLAGS=”-arch ppc -arch ppc64 -arch i386 -arch x86_64 -bind_at_load” ./configure –enable-xdebug
• make

Now wait for it to complete the compiling process.  When it is done, begin these commands:

• cd modules
• chown root:wheel xdebug.so
• sudo mv xdebug.so /usr/local/php5/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20060613/
• cd /usr/local/php/php.d
• sudo pico 50-extension-xdebug.ini

In the text editor, type the following line, then save the file with Control-O (WriteOut), then exit, Control-X.

zend_extension=/usr/local/php5/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20060613/xdebug.so

Once you’ve save the file and returned back to the terminal you can type in the following to restart Apache2:

• sudo apachectl graceful

To make sure all went well, type in this to see if Xdebug is showing in the PHP information.

• php -v

Should display something like this.

PHP 5.2.5 (cli) (built: Jan 24 2008 00:33:14)
Copyright (c) 1997-2007 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.2.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2007 Zend Technologies
with Xdebug v2.0.4, Copyright (c) 2002-2008, by Derick Rethans

If the Xdebug v2.0.4 line shows up, then you’ve succesfully installed the 64bit version of Xdebug for Entropy PHP in Mac OS X Leopard.

If anyone has any trouble setting up Subversion on the Mac to use with XCode, here is a place to start:

ADC – Using Subversion with XCode 3 on Mac OS X Leopard

Subversion with Mac OS X Tutorial

How to setup a Subversion server on OS X 10.5 (Leopard)

SVN, Apache2, OS X Leopard 10.5

Also note, that if you download and install the Subversion 1.5+ binary if you choose to use the newer version, be sure to direct to the proper mod_dav_svn.so file in the /opt/subversion/lib/svn-apache/ directory and not the /usr/libexec/apache2 directory. If you don’t, then you will get the following “Could not open the requested SVN filesystem” error on any repos created with svn higher than 1.4+ that comes preloaded with the Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.

Learn Objective-C on the Mac
[ISBN10: 1-4302-1815-0]
Own 1 copy.

Learn Cocoa on the Mac
[ISBN10: 1-4302-1859-2]
Pre-ordered 1 copy.

Beginning iPhone Development: Exploring the iPhone SDK
[ISBN10: 1-4302-1626-3]
Own 1 copy.

These are the books I’ll be reading to get myself firmly involved into iPhone software development.  I have created 1 small application for the iPhone but won’t be releasing it into the AppStore until I can make it do more things.  There are a few game ideas I have in mind, but would require a larger physics engine to complete… along with the help of a few people to create sound samples, music, and of course some of the models for the games characters.

In a few months, I should have an app or 2 in the AppStore.  Until then, I’m going to study and build my knowledge of programming on the Mac.  As of current, I am well versed in PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, jQuery, XML, RSS, CSS, XHTML. So learning C/C++, and Objective-C shouldn’t be to difficult for me.

I’ll keep the world posted as to my advancements.

Enjoy.