Re: [NSApp mainMenu] returns nil under 10.4.3
Re: [NSApp mainMenu] returns nil under 10.4.3
- Subject: Re: [NSApp mainMenu] returns nil under 10.4.3
- From: glenn andreas <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2005 09:27:29 -0600
On Dec 1, 2005, at 9:08 AM, Alex Fischer wrote:
Well I agree with you all in the convenience of using NIBs, but
that really mean that we have to necessarily use XCode / Interface
builder to develop Cocoa Apps and cannot just rely on an text
editor and GCC to develop those apps. Really GCC can compile ObjC,
but it seems to be "worthless" if we do not use NIBs and invoke GCC
through XCode.
Don´t understand me wrong. I do not have anything against the
XCode / IB tandem. It just surprised me that there was this "de
facto" obligation to use NIBs.
Alexander Fischer
You can write all the Objective-C (Foundation) command line tools you
want without anything other than a text editor and the compiler.
Writing a GUI based application (Cocoa) does pretty much require IB.
Of course it also requires other tools beyond "text editor +
compiler" as well, such as paint programs to make the various
graphics, something to convert those to icons for the Finder, a real
word processor to write the user manual, etc... (and if you want to
use CoreData, you need to use XCode's graphic data modeller). And I
can even imagine how you'd be able to create a decent UI that
supports localization entirely through code (and have any sort of
manageable source).
The point is that an application needs more than can be created/
provided with just a text editor. So yes, Cocoa applications really
do have a de facto obligation to use more tools than just "text
editor + compiler".
Glenn Andreas email@hidden
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