Here is a quick update to let you know the progress made on HotCocoa in trunk.
* new MVC template. The template in HotCocoa 0.4 is great but as soon as you try to build a rich/complicated GUI, you start having to build your own "view" system. We spent some time designing a new templating solution for HotCocoa. You will still be able to use the one file type approach provided by 0.4, but we are trying to set some conventions for people in need of a MVC approach. Having well defined conventions makes delegation and code organization easier. * Documentation app. We started working on a documentation app to provide Cocoa and HotCocoa documentation. The source code is available at http://github.com/mattetti/macruby-doc-app/ but will soon be moved to trunk. To play with the app, you need to have the latest version of trunk built on your machine. The application uses the Cocoa docsets and parses the HotCocoa mappings to show available methods, delegations and cocoa doc. Most of the basic functionalities are available, we are now going to spend some time making the app look good and intuitive. * HotCocoa mappings. With more and more people using HotCocoa, mappings are being improved and extended. *Todos:* * Better integration between Interface Builder and HotCocoa. Imagine defining a startup view using Interface Builder and then manage everything else using HotCocoa using the newly designed HotCocoa MVC conventions. We have some ideas on how to do that in a transparent way but more experiments are required. * Tests. We would like to see HotCocoa being better tested and also provide a decent testing solution for developers. * Rucola integration. Rucola is a very interesting and inspiring RubyCocoa project. We are looking forward to work closely with the Eloy Duran to offer the same type of experience for MacRuby/HotCocoa. * Wrap commonly used obj-c libraries and document the process. As usual, your help would be appreciated. - Matt
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