Re: iCode development tool
Re: iCode development tool
- Subject: Re: iCode development tool
- From: Markus Hitter <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 21:53:23 +0100
Am 03.01.2006 um 19:54 schrieb Mark Munz (DevList):
Xcode is this hybrid-IDE trying to appease the command-line folks
and trying to appease the GUI folks. Unfortunately, the GUI-side
suffers as a result.
I don't see a necessary constraint here. Forking a task is almost as
cheap as forking a thread.
I shouldn't have to determine what the command-line options are for
most of the functionality.
One shouldn't have to determine that many options at all. But reality
is, folks ask for every imaginable feature in the world and the Xcode
team tries to catch up.
I believe that 80% of the "users" (developers) are looking for a
fast C++/Obj-C IDE that can create Carbon/Cocoa applications.
From my point of view, I can see these groups:
1) Open Source stuff. About 50% of the market I can see. Strong
addiction to the make-based build system. Various code editors.
2) Companies maintaining a big traditional code base. Science
companies, Apple, Adobe, ... you name it. Build system developed over
the years, CLI based. Developers have to code with the build system
as an unchangeable asset in mind.
3) A bunch of small companies doing Mac OS X centric apps. These use
either Cocoa/Obj-C or reconsider their language of choice for each
task to be done. Building from the GUI, because it's the easiest and
quickest way.
4) Developers with the unfortunate job of porting Windows apps to Mac
OS as cheaply as possible.
I don't see how one would count 80% from the latter two.
The key here is focus.
ProjectBuilder had the focus on Cocoa and it worked great. Then came
Java, Carbon, ...
Cheers,
Markus
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Dipl. Ing. Markus Hitter
http://www.jump-ing.de/
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