[Ham-Mac] OS X development

Sat, 16 Feb 2002 07:49:42 -0800

I find myself using RealBasic a lot for fast prototyping and small- to
medium-sized projects. When I need functionality I can only get in CW, I can
write a plug-in in CW and call it from RB. It's a great development tool!

David Anderson wrote:

> on 16/2/02 2:01 am, Sergei Ludanov at [email protected] wrote:
>
> > The one thing is right in this article is that Cocoa application will have
> > less code to write for the same functionality compared to Carbon, besides
> > Objective C is much more elegant than C++ as programming language and
> > easier to learn. I just started programming on Mac (programmed PCs in C
> > and C++ and mainframes in various languages) and I can tell that I have
> > not seen better environment to work with than Cocoa. As for compatibility
> > issue (can run Carbon on pre OS X machines), in a couple years the
> > majority will run OS X anyway. Look at PC developers, nobody writes DOS
> > and Windows 3.1 programs...
>
> Have you seen and tried REALBasic though?  - One of the many points this
> article made clear was how much easier and quicker it was to write an
> application in RB than in objective-C.
>
> The ability to compile for Mac�OS 8, Mac�OS 9, Mac OS X, and Windows 95
> through Windows XP from one source is a key advantage.
>
> As the article
> (http://www.realsoftware.com/realbasic/about/Carbon_vs_Cocoa.html) states :
>
> Is Cocoa Better than Carbon?
> The short answer is no.
>
> Can applications that use Cocoa do more things than applications that use
> Carbon?
> The short answer is no.
>
> Are Cocoa-based applications "more native" than Carbon-based applications?
> No.
>
> Finally:
>
> Don't just take our word for it, you can convince yourself. Download the
> Objective-C tutorial (in which you create a currency calculator) from
> Apple's web site. Now create the same currency calculator in REALbasic. With
> that exercise, you will convince yourself.
>
> 73
>
> --
> David Anderson GM4JJJ             <http://www.gm4jjj.co.uk>
>     [email protected]
>
> _______________________________________________
> Ham-Mac mailing list
> [email protected]
> http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/ham-mac

--
Mike Carter
Pilot/Programmer
[email protected]