Re: Cocoa, Java and C
Re: Cocoa, Java and C
- Subject: Re: Cocoa, Java and C
- From: email@hidden
- Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 08:35:12 -0700
Busman:
I can't speak to what Apple will do with the JRE, but technically speaking,
there already is "complete support" for Java, there are just some
performance issues. I suspect that they will be deal with - I've noticed
improvements in a number of areas after both 10.0.1 and 10.0.2, so they
seem to really be working to make X even better.
As for learning Objective-C - there are a number of good resources. I'd
start with the Cocoa developer documents, especially Object Oriented
Programming and the Objective C Language, which is available for free on
Apple's Dev website. There's also Stepwise (www.stepwise.com), which has
lots of great articles and information, and CocoaDevCentral
(www.cococadevcentral.com) which is targeted at the Objective-C newbie.
Speaking from personal experience, my background is in C++ and Java, with C
and Pascal before that. I have been playing with Objective-C for about two
months in my spare time (only a few hours per week) and I am hooked. It is
an unbelievably elegant language and very easy to learn: the syntax is
simple and clean. It takes a little getting used to the
SmallTalk-influenced messaging syntax if you're used to C-style syntax, but
it's a short obstacle. There are also a lot of people on this list, the
Project Builder List, and the Omni OS X development list who are willing to
set your head on straight when you get it wrapped around some problem. The
transition from Java, especially, is easy because Java stole... er,
borrowed a lot of what's good about Jav from Objective-C.
Busman
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Hi all!
I use Java, yep Java, but my programs run slow in X (pure Java), I
check and many developer say that making programs in Objective C is
much faster, well..
two questions...
1.- apple will release a complete support and information for Java on
OS X someday? and, using java with X features, will be like use
Objective C? (any idea of a new O'really book of that?)
2.- if there is no posibility of that, any good tutorial to learn
Objective C for a Java man?...
That all, thanks..
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