Re: [ANN] Xcode + Leopard at WWDC this year
Re: [ANN] Xcode + Leopard at WWDC this year
- Subject: Re: [ANN] Xcode + Leopard at WWDC this year
- From: Bruce Truax <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 09:04:42 -0400
- Thread-topic: [ANN] Xcode + Leopard at WWDC this year
I would like to see Xcode better handle Bindings.
I recently designed and coded a panel with 5 tabs, 4 tables (each with about
8 columns) and a number of data entry text fields and some popups. I used
bindings for everything including the contents of the popups, table headers,
some display text etc. I wrote the model code and designed the panel. I
then started to add the keys to the array controllers and object controller.
Each variable which I defined in the model had to be retyped in the
controllers (lots of opportunity for typo's) and then I had to bind these
keys to the appropriate fields. Of course when I ran the code and displayed
the panel it would not display and I was presented with the error message
which we have all seen that said that an object was not Key Value coding
compliant. The only reference to the object was a memory address, no name.
So now I have to go through every binding carefully and compare spelling of
keys with variable names, make sure that I did not bind something like an
array to a text field etc. I had over 100 bindings so this took quite a bit
if time. And once I found one error I would again run the program and yet
another would pop up. Here are my two suggestions
1. Improve IB so that it can read in the header file for an object into a
controller and automatically enter all of the KVO compliant objects as keys.
This would significantly reduce typographical errors.
2. Improve the debugger to display the name of the variable which is not
KVO compliant.
I know, I need to file these with bug reporter but I want to get input from
others before I do because perhaps my solution is not the best. If others
feel that these are desirable features I will file bug reports.
Bruce
On 7/6/06 3:36 PM, "Matthew Formica" <email@hidden> wrote:
> Folks,
>
> As Apple's Developer Tools software evangelist, I wanted to give you all an
> update on the big Mac programming event of the year, WWDC, August 7th-11th
> at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California. Are you planning to
> attend this year? If so, we (I) would love to hear from you.
>
> This year's WWDC will give you tons of great sessions of all kinds, from
> hands-on sessions to technology presentations to labs where you can get
> questions answered on your own code (a great way to accelerate the
> development of your product). I can assure you that we have a great
> Developer Tools track planned, with lots of practical tips and techniques
> for using Xcode and the rest of the dev tools. Plus, you'll get to hear
> about Leopard, the next major version of Mac OS X! Get details on the
> conference here:
> <http://developer.apple.com/wwdc/index.html>
>
> Action Item:
>
> If you're going to WWDC please let me know what your top 3
> expectations are and what help you need to bring your product to the
> next level!
>
> Thanks again,
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