Re: Thanks and Comments
Re: Thanks and Comments
- Subject: Re: Thanks and Comments
- From: "Jerry W. Walker" <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 08:39:03 -0500
Hi, Jeffrey,
Don't listen to 'em, I tell ya'... Don't listen to 'em!!! They're
just Windows junkies who can't get used to the idea that Apple is the
new Honda/Toyota to Microsoft's General Motors! (And they used to
tell us that it was all VHS vs. BetaMax... ha!)
Seriously, for all the good natured ribbing that goes back and forth,
I, like Chuck and David, believe that Eclipse is currently a better
platform for pure Java development. It is, after all, created in Java
expressly for Java development. But WebObjects is not pure Java
development. It includes WOComponents and EOModels.
The Apple tools (Xcode, EOModeler/Xcode's EOModeling capabilities,
and WOBuilder) form a powerful combination, providing visual
construction capabilities to the visual elements of your project.
They're getting better, but Apple still seems unwilling to provide
the commitment to professional WO developers that would make me
comfortable. Until they do, you are well advised to seek to
understand the underpinnings of these tools for the day that we may
all have to move to some open source solution. That is, learn what
the .wod file does and how the various elements of the WOComponent
interact. Be able to deal with them at the raw text level if you need
to. Learn how EOModeler uses property lists, so if you have to edit
them some day in Eclipse, you'll know how to do it.
It might help to motivate you, after all this discouraging advice, to
know that WO is still the finest enterprise level web application
development tool set out there, bar none, and that Apple's renewed
interest in the tools is serious.
Welcome aboard, hope you enjoy the ride.
Regards,
Jerry
On Mar 22, 2006, at 9:51 PM, Chuck Hill wrote:
Hi,
On Mar 22, 2006, at 6:43 PM, David LeBer wrote:
<good advice snipped>
OH, and I just read your latest email. Xcode == Targets == Evil.
Yup!
I, like Chuck, also prefer Eclipse, though I might not wish it on
a complete beginner unless I was around to mentor.
Yes, I am also a little hesitant to recommend it at this stage.
You would just trade one source of confusion for another. But it
is something to keep in mind for when you get your feet under you
more solidly and yearn for a better IDE.
Chuck
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