Re: Question about interface builder
Re: Question about interface builder
- Subject: Re: Question about interface builder
- From: Steve Nicholson <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:19:39 -0800
On Nov 17, 2008, at 1:59 PM, Kyle Sluder wrote:
Why does everyone new to the platform want to immediately discard IB?
It is the correct (yes, "correct", not "preferred", not "easiest", but
*correct*) way to implement your interface.
I think a quote from Aaron Hillegass is appropriate here:
"Experienced Cocoa programmers put a lot of the smarts of their
application in the NIB file. As a result, their project has a lot less
code. Programmers who have spent a few years working in Visual Studio
get freaked out. They ask me stuff like, 'Can I write Cocoa apps
without using Interface Builder? I like to see the code. Maybe I can
just explicitly create my windows and the views that go on it?'
It is difficult to explain how the NIB file (and a few other scary
ideas) create leverage. It is that leverage that enables one guy in
his basement to compete with a team of engineers at Microsoft or
Adobe. It is like I showed a chain saw to a early American colonist,
and he said, 'Can I cut down the tree without starting the engine? I
don't like the noise. Maybe I can just bang it against the tree?'"
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