Other things took priority.Įarlier this year, the team behind the open source Mono Project, the Linux equivalent of. Learning that plus mastering the world of iPhone programming with its motley collection of View Controllers and Views was not an easy experience. This is a version of C with object oriented programming based on message passing capabilities that uses an intuitive, though not always the easiest to read, syntax. Objective-C, the language for programming for the iPhone, was a little bit quirky even to a seasoned C/C++ developer like myself. That later changed in Xcode 4, which was a vast improvement and incorporated IB into its design. Xcode by comparison was a second rate experience.įor designing the graphical elements you had to run Interface Builder (IB), a standalone program, and had to continually switch between it and Xcode. You get a bit spoiled when you’re used to developing with Visual Studio, Microsoft’s flagship development tool.
There weren’t many books around and Apple’s online documentation was not the greatest, nor was Xcode, Apple’s IDE for developing software for Mac OS X and iPhone. I bought one and tried to learn to program it. Back in July 2008, Apple opened the App Store and launched the iPhone 3G. When a new programming technology comes along, it’s not always the easiest to pick up: iOS development is a case in hand.
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