Re: Whats the verdict on Cocoaruby from others ?
Re: Whats the verdict on Cocoaruby from others ?
- Subject: Re: Whats the verdict on Cocoaruby from others ?
- From: Mike Blaguszewski <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 12:05:07 -0400
On Jul 16, 2006, at 8:47 PM, CoLo0LoGo wrote:
Has anyone tried it out for anything ?
I've played with it a little.
The Good:
* Easy to install
* Comes with an Xcode project template
* It's possible to write some parts in Objective-C, when necessary or
easier
* Projects be debugged with the ruby debugger (or the Xcode debugger
for any Obj-C bits).
The Bad:
* Reference parameters aren't supported yet, so you'll need Obj-C
stubs for those.
* Another limitation is multi-threading, either on the Cocoa or the
Ruby side.
You'll need a patched version of the ruby interpreter to get
around it.
* You'll need to run the standalonify.rb script you'll need to run to
package for
release. Supporting 10.3 is difficult, but possible (you'll need
to cross-compile
ruby, RubyCocoa, and the glue code in your project).
* Since ruby doesn't support compilation to byte-code, you must ship
all the ruby
sources with your app.
Apple is interested in the project and has been doing active
development, so some of the limitations may go away in the future.
For now, I highly recommend subscribing to the mailing list, and
reading the archives, if you want to develop with RubyCocoa.
--
Mike Blaguszewski / Cocoa Hacker / Ambrosia Software, Inc.
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