I'd like to describe the development situation of the RapidWeaver BBS plug-in because I had not updated my weblog for a long time.
I spent time as much as possible for the development of the RapidWeaver BBS. However there are a lot of hurdles in the development of the plug-in for me.
1) Language
I seem that there are not a lot of documents concerning development of the Mac OS X. (Xcode, Cocoa-framework, Objective-C, Interface Builder, etc...) Also documents written in Japanese is especially fewer. Technically-useful information are almost described in English inevitably.
It's not a good situation for me - who is pure Japanese. (So I'm writing English based weblog for improving my English skill...)

2) Technical intuition
I've been using the Microsoft Visual C++ since version 1.0. More before I'd been using Microsoft C Compiler under MS-DOS generation. (I would venture to say I'm "guru of MFC")
On another front, I'm switcher (4 years ago). Moreover, I'm using iMacG5 only at home for hobby. So I don't have enough experience for the Xcode. This means the "technical intuition" to analyze plug-in architecture is insufficient.
(However,I came to be able to make an easy plug-in at long last)

3) Time restriction
I'm managing own company which produce electrical devices and software for FA and LA. Fortunately the company is busy. Of course it's a good situation for me and my company.
However, it's not a good situation for the plug-in development because I can not make the enough time to develop the plug-in.

4) Immediate hurdle
The RapidWeaver BBS plug-in should over-ride the URL which located at side bar menu and breadcrumb trail to special URL. This functionality is similar to the Offsite page style.
I've been trying to find out this method for weeks. However, I cannot jump over the hurdle yet. (Someone who is RW-plugin guru, give the hint to me !)

I continue to try without quitting and I'm researching today...

tag : mac os x