Re: Cocoa/Windows parallel dvlpmt
Re: Cocoa/Windows parallel dvlpmt
- Subject: Re: Cocoa/Windows parallel dvlpmt
- From: Phillip Mills <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2004 17:22:36 -0500
On Sunday, February 1, 2004, at 08:45 AM, Lotsa Cabo wrote:
Too many people these days are stuck in the mud believing that "true"
cross-platform development means writing their app in such a way that
they can simply compile and launch on another platform; for example,
using Java for everything from UI to business to data. And, while
this may theoretically be possible, the end result is usually not
something that feels as if it was made for the target platform.
I admit I've done that too and I agree that the results are beneficial
only to the developer and only short-term. I once had an employer who
thought, "That's great...the application works the same no matter what
computer a person sits down at!" Well, one: no it doesn't and, two:
very few people *other* than developers swap systems around enough for
that to matter.
I'm actually working on a project right now where I'm building a Swing
client as a prototype front-end for a J2EE application...essentially as
a test tool...and even that limited use is painful (Don't ask...the
other options had problems of their own). It looks terrible with
"default" look-and-feel and behaves poorly with pseudo-Aqua l-a-f.
I'm still in "discovery mode" trying seek out the perfect mix of
technologies for my app so that it can be ported to each platform --
Mac, Linux, and Windows. I've been leaning towards Objective-C, but
was told (on another thread) that it's not very easy to port to
Windows because of licensing. Any information you know of pertaining
to cross-platform ObjC++ stuff would be great.
Sorry, I haven't gone down that road. I've tried to stay with GUI
technologies that have their home on the specific platforms...though I
did successfully use Qt on Windows for a for-free project. I defend it
as looking better than Qt on Mac. :-)
........................
Phillip Mills
Multi-platform software development
(416) 224-0714
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