Hi Bryan, All Cocoa API's are written in C/Objective-C and even now, when we can write apps in Ruby You still need to now them at least to be able to read documentation.
> Does Xcode treat Ruby as family, or is it a stepchild toiling in the ashes? > Are there other tools I'll need? No. Xcode has only basic support for MacRuby development. (it sucks for Objective-C development too, but this is whole different story) > What's Apple's attitude toward Ruby applications? Nobody knows for sure. MacRuby ships as Lion's private framework and some it system are written in MacRuby. So, I think, when MacRuby will be mature enough it will become one of the official ways to write Mac/iOS apps. > Can Ruby take advantage of the (finally!) modern memory management features > released with iOS 5? No. Garbage Collection and Automatic Reference Counting are two very different things. And it's impossible to make Ruby to use ARC. > Basically, "If you were me, what would you do, and what order might you do it > in?" If You need to start develop Mac app tomorrow – stick with Objective-C. Otherwise - learn ObjC a little bit and then try to develop apps with MacRuby. Best, Igor Sent from my iPad2 On Oct 16, 2011, at 3:12 AM, Bryan Harrison <br...@bryanharrison.com> wrote: > Older & Wisers: > > Having done enough web development, network design, and systems > administration for one lifetime, I've decided this winter is a fine time to > leave all that behind and become an applications developer. Wanting to make > consumer products and having no interest in Windows, most of the territory > ahead is obvious. > > But still, I'd appreciate some advice from those who're already there, > particularly with regard to MacRuby. > > Specifically, has development for OS X and iOS reached the point where it > would be reasonable to pursue Ruby before or even instead of Objective-C? > I've modest C background, am OOP-familiar, am not versed in Cocoa, and am > only marginally familiar with Ruby. Obviously I'd like to get up to speed as > soon as possible, but I'm not under any pressure and expecting this will be > the next 5-10 years of my life, would rather be good than quick. > > Objective-C is not without a certain homely charm, but Ruby is obviously the > more modern language. So… > > Does Xcode treat Ruby as family, or is it a stepchild toiling in the ashes? > Are there other tools I'll need? > > What's Apple's attitude toward Ruby applications? > > Can Ruby take advantage of the (finally!) modern memory management features > released with iOS 5? > > Will I end up have having learn Objective-C regardless? > > Basically, "If you were me, what would you do, and what order might you do it > in?" > > Thanks, > Bryan > _______________________________________________ > MacRuby-devel mailing list > MacRuby-devel@lists.macosforge.org > http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macruby-devel
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