Leopard is out - let the code samples begin!

I've been waiting for this moment, the day the community can start talking together! Great.

Anyway, one problem I've been facing recently as I've got some Quartz code which behaves just lovely single-threaded, it behaves lovely with multiple-threads, it behaves single-threaded with GC switched on, and leaks like crazy when I use GC + multiple threads. Argh! Any ideas?

Good you ask, I've had the following fantastic idea which I guess could be commercialized easily, but I'd like to have it open source (GPL) for the learning aspect:

In short: Create an application that allows me to remote control iTunes on my Mac with the iPhone or iPod touch!

In detail: - A server application that runs on the Mac and controls iTunes - A web interface for this server app The user can then use his iPhone or iPod touch or any other browser to connect to his Mac and remote control iTunes.

The benefit: While my Mac runs in room A, the sound of iTunes plays on the Airport Express in room B. The user can then remotely control the songs from either room! (or even any place)

Since I'm a complete novice to programming on the Mac, I'd love to see this app coded so I can learn from it. It could also be done using the new bridges to Python and Ruby, but I would prefer ObjC 2.0 and I guess you agree on that. (BTW I've got lots of experience in Java and C# so I'm not that lost.)

Why not start it on Google Code or any other free project hosting service? Feel free to contact me :-)

Well, my post was maybe a bit too early. I expected finding something, but not that much: Searching for "itunes web remote control" finds already lots of applications and samples...

I thought it wasn't out until 5pm today? That's what the guy at the Bellevue Apple Store told me - and it's typically 5 hours after I leave the country so I'll have to wait until I get home... and hope they have their copies in there.

Well, I don't know anything about programming on the Mac. So anything is good for me. I'm eager to learn. Bring it.

Hi Kevin,

I'd like to see some samples using NSCollectionView. From what I have seen so far it would make for a nice table substitution for presenting data in some cases.

~~Julian

I think the NDA ended at midnight the day before (allowing the reviews to be published on the same day).

As for iTunes remotes - I recall having a web app to do so via the PSP, but it wasn't that great - you had to page through multiple screens. The 'problem' is more the client side than the Mac side - would have to be an AJAX app until we get the iPhone SDK. (My dream would be a Coverflow interface to my network library).

Ah, ignore my earlier comment. No NSApplicationMain() call, no multi-threaded GC it seems. It also seems GC slows down Quartz 2D, so back to reference counting for me :(