Re: WO in Java or Objective-C (Was Re: Is WebObjects 4.5 going open source?)
Re: WO in Java or Objective-C (Was Re: Is WebObjects 4.5 going open source?)
- Subject: Re: WO in Java or Objective-C (Was Re: Is WebObjects 4.5 going open source?)
- From: Chuck Hill <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2006 21:10:51 -0700
On Aug 27, 2006, at 9:04 PM, Ashley Aitken wrote:
WO in Java or Objective-C? What would be most sensible going forward?
Given that there is a lot of enterprise Java code out there that WO
in Java can and does take advantage of (e.g. as it now uses JDBC to
replace the need for custom adaptors). Given that WO in Objective-
C would require adaptors to be written for all the required
databases (this was a sticking point somewhat for WO when it was in
Objective-C)
Of course, I know that Objective-C is a much more powerful language
(with categories and the like) but Java does have some things going
for it as well (e.g. portability). Also if WO went back to
Objective-C it could once again use Apple's development tools,
whereas it would not be possible to use all the great Java
functionality in Eclipse.
Personally, I feel that given all the improvements (and yes there
were some steps backwards) that Apple has made to WO (especially
EOF) since WO4.5 and Java's enterprise connections (and recent
language improvements) and ability to deploy in Servlet containers
etc) that it would be best to stay with WO in Java (e.g. if
implementing a new open source WO).
I quite like Objective-C as a language. I much prefer it to Java.
That said, moving WO back to Obj-C is nothing something I would be in
favour of. There are just too many 3rd party libraries in Java.
Chuck
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