Re: Xcode - An Apple Embarrassment
Re: Xcode - An Apple Embarrassment
- Subject: Re: Xcode - An Apple Embarrassment
- From: Fritz Anderson <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2012 11:24:40 -0600
On 2 Mar 2012, at 10:33 AM, Nathan Sims wrote:
> Go back to Xcode 3.2.6 as a baseline, keep the underlying workflow, expand from that foundation, and the universe will be saved (not to mention many hapless kittens).
I should get back to work, but…
People are forgetting how objectively bad Xcode 3.2 had become. I wrote nearly 400 pages of a book about it. It was not pretty. Neither was the announcement of Xcode 4, so it isn't as though I didn't have my own investment in the old way.
Returning to Xcode 3.2 as a baseline would still require rewriting it nearly from scratch, and it would still suck for a year until the developers got it back under control.
This isn't unusual for Apple, nor outside its culture. They make radical changes to their products all the time. Zombie Steve will not rescue you.
As for the book, if I haven't alienated you, Xcode 4 Unleashed will hit the shelves in April, or shortly thereafter.
— F
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