Yeah, maybe I should have Googled harder before writing that, this slashdot thread and the referenced page on Apple's developer site pretty much answers my question :
http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/07/11/1833252&from=rss 'Important: Features added to Cocoa in Mac OS X versions later than 10.4 will not be added to the Cocoa-Java programming interface. Therefore, you should develop Cocoa applications using Objective-C to take advantage of existing and upcoming Cocoa features.' On 8/1/05, Hendrik Schreiber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Aug 1, 2005, at 10:03, A. Kevin Baynes wrote: > > > I'm nosing around the apple developer site and thinking about writing > > a desktop app for OS X. I see that you can code in Cocoa using Java, > > and being a Java developer that sounds inviting. > > > > Should I code in Cocoa using Objective-C or Java? It seems that > > Objective-C is the 'default' Cocoa development language, which makes > > me think that perhaps it is more tightly integrated with Cocoa. > > Misapprehension? > > > > Of course, Java has a huge number of libraries available to make lots > > of tasks easier, plus it's my primary development language. Though, > > I'm sure writing a desktop app with Java in Cocoa will have some > > additional challenges that may not apply when using Objective-C. > > > > Another alternative is to use pure Java, considering that the OS X has > > really good Java support, but mainly I'm thinking about Cocoa at this > > point. > > 'really good Java support' - oh well. 1.5 has been more than half a > year late and it's still not complete. E.g. the JVM management does > not work properly. > Java support on OS X is definitely pretty, but 'really good' is an > exaggeration. Unfortunately I might add, as I'd love to see it being > more mature. > > Regarding your actual question I can unfortunately offer no insights > and am curious about what answers you're getting. > > -hendrik > > tagtraum industries incorporated > 1412 Glenwood Ave 1B > Raleigh, NC 27605 > USA > +1 919 637 1661 > http://www.tagtraum.com/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Juglist mailing list > [email protected] > http://trijug.org/mailman/listinfo/juglist_trijug.org > -- ~akb _________________ A. Kevin Baynes _______________________________________________ Juglist mailing list [email protected] http://trijug.org/mailman/listinfo/juglist_trijug.org
