Re: Writing Cocoa apps w/o using Interface Builder
Re: Writing Cocoa apps w/o using Interface Builder
- Subject: Re: Writing Cocoa apps w/o using Interface Builder
- From: Finlay Dobbie <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 30 May 2009 12:12:45 +0100
On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 10:06 PM, Jonathan Mast
<email@hidden> wrote:
> No offense taken, Seth. I figured out the issue and indeed it was a missed
> connection in IB. And while my previous comments were hyperbolic, I still
> think Apple could have done better with Cocoa/InterfaceBuilder. Either they
> could have made IB more intuitive and/or Cocoa easier to manipulate
> programmatically. I just expect more from Apple I guess.
I actually found IB to be far more intuitive than most other
environments. Similarly, I find that Objective-C is much simpler and
more intuitive than C++.
Much of the initial griping and whining about the Apple environment
("OMG THESE SQUARE BRACKETS ARE UGLY", "IB IS BROKEN", "COCOA IS
UNINTUITIVE" etc) come down to the fact that it is different from
whatever previous environment you were used to. However, this is not
really Apple's failing: there are often good reasons why they have
approached things differently. These may not be immediately obvious
whilst your brain is still contorted into weird shapes from dealing
with environment X or environment Y.
Good engineers accept that there are differences between environments
and languages, new concepts to be learned, and new applications of
existing concepts to discover. The best engineers see this as an
opportunity, not a burden.
-- Finlay
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