Re: To C++ users trying to use Cocoa
Re: To C++ users trying to use Cocoa
- Subject: Re: To C++ users trying to use Cocoa
- From: Sam Stigler <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 02:00:51 +1000
Here here!
On May 13, 2007, at 12:51 AM, Peter Hudson wrote:
Hi there,
Up until 5 years ago I coded only in C++ ( since C++ first happened )
I have built and maintained a number of large ( 3 million plus
lines of code ) C++ apps. I guess I was no beginner.
Then I discovered Cocoa. I have now built quite a large GUI based
app. in it. One or two things have become clear to me over the
last five years.
If you want to build *high-quality* apps and build them *fast* use
Cocoa and Objective-C.
Learn the metaphor of working in Cocoa and Objective-C - drop the
baggage of continual comparison with C++ - most of it does not
apply.
Sensible use of Cocoa encourages an OO metaphor that helps keep
development and maintenance easier.
Of exceptions in Objective C and Cocoa - I simply don't use them.
I've never found a need to.
Cocoa was built by people who built serious applications - and they
have built a set of tools of huge power and elegance to assist in
this task ( Cocoa ).
In the app I have built in Cocoa there is no C++ at all. It simply
wasn't necessary to use C++
Not to be didactic of course....
PH
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