Re: What framework & language is good for an old C++ mule.
Re: What framework & language is good for an old C++ mule.
- Subject: Re: What framework & language is good for an old C++ mule.
- From: John Stiles <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 07:18:48 -0800
Heh, I must post too much... everyone knows what I'm going to say before
I say it! ;)
Anyway, just to clarify, based on my personal experience I can strongly
recommend the hybrid C++/Objective-C solution if you're working with
back-end code that needs to remain cross-platform. Most of the code I
write needs to be platform-neutral, so my brain is usually stuck in
"C++/STL mode" and not "Objective-C/NSObject mode." GUI code is an
obvious exception to the "must run everywhere" rule, and IMO
Cocoa/AppKit is the obvious choice for GUI development. No other library
I've ever seen on the Mac can even come close.
If your app is Mac-only, Mac-forever, then you can do everything in
Objective-C and make a great product that way too. And you won't have to
ever switch your brain from C++ mode to Objective-C mode, which has got
to be a perk ;)
Michael Rothwell wrote:
Objective-C is a nice language once you get used to it, and the
learning curve is not steep. If you know both C and object-oriented
programming principles, you should be doing well in a few days. Get
the O'Reilly Objective-C Pocket Reference. Read up on "categories" and
how messaging really works. Realize that there are no namespaces in
Objective-C, beyond adding a prefix of your choosing to all of your
class names. There ya go. Now it's just another framework to learn.
John Stiles typically recommends doing your "back end" coding in C++,
and building a Cocoa/Objective-C/Objective-C++ GUI. That may actually
be the best route for you, since you already know C++. You should
still learn Objective-C and Cocoa, of course, because it'll make your
GUIs better, and easier to create for you.
-M
On Mar 12, 2006, at 6:02 PM, cudrnak wrote:
Hello all,
I am looking to learn to write software for Mac OS X.
Can anyone suggest a good route for me?
--
Michael Rothwell
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