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Re: Writing Cocoa apps w/o using Interface Builder
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Re: Writing Cocoa apps w/o using Interface Builder


  • Subject: Re: Writing Cocoa apps w/o using Interface Builder
  • From: Hamish Allan <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sat, 30 May 2009 20:20:38 +0100

On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 6:01 PM, Jonathan Mast
<email@hidden> wrote:

> I agree that Objective-C is a better choice than C++.  I would really like
> to learn it's SmallTalk-based syntax the same way I taught myself Java: with
> simple, programmatic GUI programs. This approach is very rapid and allows
> to one to learn any language (not just the GUI framework) very quickly.  I
> got so angry with Xcode/IB because this Apple seemed to have nerfed this
> possibility with the way they architected Cocoa.

I'd like to use Java the same way I use Cocoa: using my mouse to lay
out UI controls in windows, setting their targets and actions by
making graphical connections, and keeping layout out of the code as
far as possible.

This approach is considerably more rapid than building GUIs in code
and allows one to learn the clean MVC separation of the framework (not
just the language) very quickly and easily.

Sun seem to have nerfed this possibility with the way they architected
Swing. However, I don't get angry. If I ever need to use Java again,
I'll just do it the Java way, because I'm a programmer, not a Cocoa
programmer.

Are you a programmer, or just a Java programmer?

Hamish
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 >Re: Writing Cocoa apps w/o using Interface Builder (From: Finlay Dobbie <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Writing Cocoa apps w/o using Interface Builder (From: colo <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Writing Cocoa apps w/o using Interface Builder (From: Jonathan Mast <email@hidden>)

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