Apps Made Easy
Machine is a revolution in making your Mac do what you want. Combining the ease of use of Automator with the power of Cocoa, you can now design, develop and use entire applications in minutes. Machine gives you all the tools you need to visually design the behaviour of your app, the look and feel of your interface, and the structure of your data, giving you unsurpassed freedom to create exactly what you need.
If you’ve used Quartz Composer, you’ll know how easy it is to make something beautiful in no time at all, by connecting together the basic building blocks. Machine takes this idea and kicks it into orbit, giving you an unprecedented amount of flexibility and power in one tiny package. Simply drag the chunks of code you need from the library, and wire them together. Hook that up to your interface, and you’re done. That’s it. Your app is ready to deploy.
| Beauty Factory. Using outstanding Core Animation-powered graphics, Machine creates gorgeous applications that are an utter joy to use. | Fixes. Fast. Machine lets you see what each part of your app is doing at any given time - visually, intuitively, and transparently. Track down your bugs in record time. |
| What you need, nothing more. Machine doesn’t try to overwhelm you with options and features that you don’t need, so you can make simple apps without fuss. But if you need the extra power, it’s a click away. | Delicious data. Apps you build with Machine know all about Core Data, and take advantage of all the data-handling features that OS X has to offer. |
| All the tools. Machine comes with a huge library of parts and components, so your app will never be stuck for a feature. Networking, graphics display, data processing: it’s all there. | Wire it up. Machine apps are built by simply connecting the features you need to the interface you love. Write as little or as much code as you want: it’s software development made insanely great. |
Machine. Transforming the way you work in March 2009.