The Cocotron

Rogue Amoeba donates RAOperationQueue to Cocotron

2008-12-08T15:37:00.003-05:00

Makers of fine audio software for both Mac and Windows, Rogue Amoeba recently released an open source workalike of NSOperationQueue called RAOperationQueue.

Recognizing that Cocotron needed an NSOperationQueue implementation they also released a copy of RAOperationQueue under the MIT license for Cocotron. The Cocotron will be integrating RAOperationQueue as NSOperationQueue and moving the implementation forward. This is a big help to Cocotron as we will be able to start with a tested and functioning implementation right away.

Thanks to Mike Ash at RA for putting this together. Mike has helped Cocotron in the past and continues to be a friend of the project.

FileMagnet Uploader and Cocotron

2008-10-27T23:43:00.007-04:00

FileMagnet is a popular iPhone application which allows you to copy files from your computer to your iPhone and view them on your iPhone. The desktop portion for MacOS X was written in Cocoa and when Ken & Glen Aspeslagh wanted to do a Windows port they decided to use Cocotron. They have written about their successful experience in their blog post Adventures in Cocotron.

The Cocotron project now accepting donations

2008-07-31T12:32:00.002-04:00

The fundraising goal for FY2008 is $50 million which would pay for a new R&D facility, team building exercises in tropical locations and a (small) fleet of supercars for the directors.

I am personally kicking off the fundraising with a very generous $10 donation.

Total raised so far: $10

Please donate now and support your favorite open source project!

If the $50 million goal is not met, the balance will go into the coffee fund.

gcc 4.3.1 update

2008-06-18T23:30:00.002-04:00

Johannes has updated InstallCDT to gcc 4.3.1. The MinGW environment has also been updated to the most current, w32api-3.11 and mingw-runtime-3.14. Patches are not required for the MinGW headers anymore now that gcc supports ObjC++.

Cocotron gets some Objective-C 2.0 support via gcc 4.3.0

2008-03-31T16:16:00.005-04:00

Johannes Fortmann recently contributed a new InstallCDT capable of installing gcc 4.3.0. Included in his gcc 4.3.0 patch set is compiler support for properties and fast enumeration. There is still work to be done to completely enable these in the runtime but Johannes has been making progress already.

Recent Cocotron patches by Johannes also completely enable @try/@catch which had been present in the compiler but needed runtime support.

InstallCDT-2008-03-29 page

You'll need to svn up to r106 to use gcc 4.3.0

My name is Cocotron and this is my jam

2008-03-24T12:11:00.004-04:00

Brian Whitman over at The Echo Nest writes:

hi Christopher,

We develop our audio analysis and synthesis platform in Cocoa and test on OSX but wanted to start releasing web apps using our stuff. We found out about Cocotron last year and have been making great use of it, and recently we've been releasing some of our stuff -- an analysis API ( you can get at the alpha version at http://developer.echonest.com/ ) and also an on-line beatmatching tool ( http://thisismyjam.com ) -- both could not have been possible without the Cocotron. They both run on amazon ec2 machines and we've had practically no problems with the port.

Just wanted to write and say thanks for creating the project.

Brian

Cocotron's Jams

My latest jam embedded:

Wow, very cool stuff and completely simple to use. I should also point out they are running on Linux. One impressive point is how few problems Brian reported to get here.

Read more about The Echo Nest

Johannes Fortmann and Dr. Rolf Jansen added as Cocotron committers

2008-03-14T13:57:00.007-04:00

Johannes has been submitting patches since shortly after the initial release, working on Key Value Coding, Key Value Observing, Key Value Binding, controllers and other things like the gcc 4.2.1 patch, C++ compatibility work and related Objective-C runtime fixes.

Rolf has been using Cocotron in the development of a Windows version of his application and has been submitting patches which reflect fine grained fixes allowing his code and nibs to be used unchanged across Mac OS X and Windows. He has been improving user interface layout and sizing so that fonts and nibs behave the same on both platforms, nib reading, user interface behavior and Foundation improvements.

Johannes and Rolf have been invaluable contributors, greatly improving the quality and functionality of the project. I am happy to give them repository access to streamline their contributions.

Cocotron Source Level Debugging on Windows with Insight-GDB

2008-02-04T14:20:00.000-05:00

Dr. Rolf Jansen was kind enough to write up a detailed description of the process he used to install and setup Insight-GDB on Windows. This setup can be used to perform source level debugging with Cocotron.

The full writeup is found under Tools -> Debugging

NSOpenGLView example

2008-02-01T00:29:00.001-05:00

I've put up a new example which illustrates an NSOpenGLView working on Windows.

This blog has been reactivated

2008-01-18T21:52:00.000-05:00

SCC admits successful launch of Cocotron

2006-12-28T23:33:00.000-05:00

International forces failed in their bid to halt the release of The Cocotron. Despite growing pressure the SCC went forward with the launch of The Cocotron.

Covert operations on the ground and in orbit captured the Cocotron launch on video.

Observers have confirmed the international communities suspicion that the launch was successful. The SCC has finally issued a statement on their successful launch:

"The SCC has launched the Cocotron, as expected the launch went exactly as planned and the Cocotron has been released."

Some observers have questioned the success of the launch and if the Cocotron will continue to operate under the rule of the SCC. The SCC has responded to these inquiries with a statement:

"The SCC will continue to improve Cocotron technology."

SCC moves blog to cocotron.org

2006-10-12T22:58:00.000-04:00

The SCC unnanimously voted to move The Cocotron blog to the domain cocotron.org at the URL http://www.cocotron.org/blog and commanded the Cocotron Task Force (CTF) to move forward with the change.

International pressure delays release of The Cocotron

2006-10-10T15:05:00.000-04:00

Fearing widespread proliferation of The Cocotron technology, international leaders have pressured the SCC to delay releasing The Cocotron until further testing shows that The Cocotron does not have adverse effects on carbon based life forms. The SCC has released a statement saying "The Cocotron has been under constant monitoring since it's inception and our tests indicate that while carbon based beings may suffer depression and frustration when exposed to The Cocotron energy fields, we feel that the benefits outweigh these side effects and wide spread deployment of Cocotron technology should go forward."

SCC appoints SCC

2006-10-10T15:01:00.000-04:00

The Supreme Cocotron Committee (SCC) has appointed David Young as the Second Cocotron Commander (SCC), reporting directly to the SCC.

objc.net establishes the Supreme Cocotron Committee

2006-05-31T01:37:00.000-04:00

objc.net has created the Supreme Cocotron Committee (SCC) to dictate the future of The Cocotron.

The first act of the SCC is the appointment of Christopher Lloyd as the Supreme Cocotron Commander (SCC) of the SCC.

The second act of the SCC is the creation of the internet domain cocotron.org.

Central Control Panel of the Cocotron

2006-03-17T23:00:00.000-05:00

Central control panel of the Cocotron

Another look inside the Cocotron laboratory

2006-02-16T10:57:00.000-05:00

In the quest for perfection, Cocotron scientists adjust machinery

Confusion in the media

2006-01-11T08:11:00.000-05:00

The scientists at objc.net have been flooded by requests from the media to demonstrate Cocotron and to prove the ground breaking claims made. While we can't address every request, we can answer the one which everyone is asking: Is it The Cocotron or Cocotron?

There is only one Cocotron, The Cocotron.

See inside The Cocotron laboratories

2006-01-01T18:34:00.000-05:00

View Cocotron test equipment

First wave of tests conducted

2005-12-19T10:48:00.000-05:00

The Cocotron is being tested extensively.

Introduction

2005-12-19T10:19:00.000-05:00

Cocotron technology is coming, this blog will keep you updated.