I've decided to use an upcoming sabbatical to teach myself OS X and iOS
programming. My background includes OS X systems administration and web
development, mostly using the Apache/MySQL/PHP model. I'm familiar with OOP
concepts and have trifled with any number of languages from C to AppleScript,
but am not fluent in any object oriented language. I've been exploring Xcode 4
for a week and feel conversant with the IDE if not yet able to accomplish
anything with it.
So… I understand that Cocoa is a given, but today's million dollar question is
Objective-C or MacRuby? I'm a blank slate with regard to both and so could use
some good advice. For example…
What are the advantages of MacRuby over Objective-C?
What are the advantage of O-C over Ruby?
Is Xcode's support for O-C significantly better than it's handling of Ruby? Do
I care?
At this point I'm primarily interested in OS X development, but iOS clearly
needs to run a close second. What's the current status of Ruby development for
iOS and is it likely to go anywhere in the nearish future?
Any thoughts on the longer-term prospects of either language?
Any thoughts from anybody will be much appreciated.
Thanks,
Bryan
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