Re: Python/Ruby for Cocoa (was: Simple question)
Re: Python/Ruby for Cocoa (was: Simple question)
- Subject: Re: Python/Ruby for Cocoa (was: Simple question)
- From: Scott Thompson <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:02:23 -0500
I completely agree - and I wrote CamelBones, the Cocoa/Perl bridge.
It is,
and always has been, my opinion that language bridges are not an
adequate
substitute for learning Cocoa's native language, Objective-C. What
they are
*great* for is giving additional options to a skilled programmer who's
already familiar with both Cocoa and a scripting language. Someone
who tries
to use them as a means to avoid Objective-C is just setting
themselves up
for a lot of frustration.
I also find that (if you're already familiar with Cocoa, and if you're
willing to put up with the corner cases) languages bridges like the
Ruby, Python, and Perl bridges are really great tools for prototyping
things quickly, and learning new APIs. For example, with Leopard
I've used Ruby to learn more about the RSS handling of the Publish and
Subscribe APIs, as well as to explore some of the functionality found
in the scripting bridge. YMMV.
Someday I should try using F-Script for that kind of thing too...
Scott
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