After all, it is only java and text files .... so the fact that the
standard development IDE *is* the very common and widely used Eclipse
rather than a small user population proprietary IDE is *better* than
the situation where Apple provides their own tools. ... building is
accomplished with common "ant", and even "maven" for those who are
masochists ;-)
Not only that, but all the developemnt tools are open source and free!
-Kieran
(just kidding the maven guys ;-) )
On Nov 14, 2008, at 9:53 AM, David LeBer wrote:
On 14-Nov-08, at 9:35 AM, Timothy Reaves wrote:
I'm trying to convince our development staff to drop our
proprietary dev stack and adopt WebObjects. I like WO a good deal,
and things like Project WOnder help too. The problem I have is
that one of the developers has pointed out that Apple has
deprecated the development tools. You can't write code without
tools.
So it's clear that Apple is either going to release a new tool set
(even if that is WOLips), or completely abandon the platform.
As others have alluded to Timothy, these are not the only two options.
I believe the path Apple is currently taking is: "Actively support
and focus on the runtime and let the community provide the tools"
With Apple not divulging such info, I was wondering if anyone
might have any additional info on the mater: a private response
would be fine. It really comes down to no large company would ever
adopt something without knowing the vendor is going to continue to
support it (FUD, as invented by IBM!).
;david
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