"Java UI builders could learn a thing or two from IB. " That is such a sad statement! I find IB to be pretty pathetic. But all the Java UI builders I've used are terrible IMO.
Delphi 15 years ago kills both Java and IB for WYSIWYG UI building. I could crank out UIs in Delphi ridiculously fast. And the UIs actually look like what I designed, unlike IB. IB has all kinds of weird little issues where a nav bar bars pushes the views down. The bindings are very much non-obvious. Pretty limited set of widgets. And the NIB magic is hard to figure out. A lot of iPhone/mac devs don't bother with IB and just hand code everything. At least you can tell what's going on and control it. Obj C- not hard to learn. Has some features I wish Java had like properties, method pointers, dynamic methods, and categories. But it's still has a lot of clunkiness. String manipulations are a PITA. Pointers all over the place. Header files (YUCK!) IMO Objective C needs to be morphed into a pointerless/headerless language or replaced with something more modern. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
