tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8165413137385260502.post-16837832058084053582007-07-09T06:42:00.000-07:002007-07-09T07:00:25.220-07:00Programming languages are a pain in the behind. There is always one that does things the way you like them except for one really basic stuff, then there is another one that creates huge binaries and a 3rd one that is well Javascript.<br /><br />Then there is the never ending internet flame war with this vs that, x vs z and why this is better than pepper even though it has nothing to do with pepper or cooking.<br /><br />I am being torn right now. After doing business on the internet for like 2 years selling shareware and not getting any better idea than creating a genealogy application, I am thinking about what to do.<br /><br />I decided early on that I would be using REALbasic for my application development, and for the biggest parts I have not been let down. Sure REALbasic is not perfect but as long as you are not doing 100.000 lines in one method call while creating a bazzillion (larger number) objects and trying to store them in a text file RB really does you well. And what can I say ? Business has been good for the most part, paying for licenses, books, magazines and such wile leaving some money behind. So what is it that I am thinking about then ?<br /><br />Well, when I started with RB I was an old coder, even though I had just turned 30. I had been doing procedural programming and no real object oriented code for the last 12 years or more, even worked as a programmer. So I knew very little about MVC (model view controller) and design patterns and that stuff. So when I bought a Mac in 2003, I wanted to program for it, and it had always been a dream of mine programming for the NeXT station I have (same system almost).<br /><br />The learning curve of Cocoa was huge, no it was HUGE. Objective-C wasn't hard, but all the methodology and how everything just fit together like magic and acted like magic there were a lot of things people just took for granted, like helper objects, datacontrollers and such.<br /><br />Now a few years later, Apple is releasing Obj-C 2.0, and I like it, I like it a lot, you might even say I love it but it is still to early to tell.<br /><br />So I can either create new projects in XCode or I can move my current projects over to Cocoa or do both. What to do ?<br /><br />Well, I do not know.Traustihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05685271702713267686noreply@blogger.com