Re: Learning Mac programming (WebObjects)
Re: Learning Mac programming (WebObjects)
- Subject: Re: Learning Mac programming (WebObjects)
- From: David Thorp <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2003 16:57:21 +1000
Thank you very much to everyone who has responded to my previous post
"Learning Mac Programming".
I now have a couple more specific questions based on what you've all
said. (The following are my questions specifically about webobjects.
I've written another similar email to the cocoa list about my cocoa
questions).
But first, here's what I think I've learned so far:
Cocoa is best for desktop Mac OS X apps, while WebObjects is for web
apps.
Most of my programming experience is with FileMaker Pro developing
multi user LAN and WAN apps (though I came near the top of my class a
few years ago when learning good programming techniques at Sydney Uni
using Pascal), but I've always wanted to be able to do these sorts of
apps without the limitations of FileMaker. From my study so far
WebObjects is great for custom web solutions, and a well written web
solution could very happily take the place of some of the larger multi
user FileMaker apps I've had to write. It is my desire to explore this
possibility, and also find out what else I can do with it.
Is WebObjects only for web apps, or can one develop a cocoa (Mac) or
C/C++ (Windows) client for a WebObjects engine or something like that?
I may not even have the terminology right for that question, but if
anyone can guess what I'm trying to say and give me ideas, I'm all ears.
Also, in pursuing Cocoa for desktop app development, I understand that
Objective-C is the most popular method, but Java is still viable, and
indeed someone from the cocoa list suggested that Java is easier to
learn than C if learning from scratch. Can anyone on this list tell me
what the pros and cons of using Java instead of Obj-C for Cocoa
development, and is there any benefit in doing that if I intend to
develop multi user network apps in WebObjects.
Sorry if I sound very ignorant... I guess I am :-) Any advice is most
welcome, and thanks again to all who have already replied.
Cheers!
David Thorp.
Sydney/Brisbane, Australia.
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