Hi,
I develop software for a living and want to get started with cocoa
development just for fun. I'm good at python, C, C++ and C# and have
some Ruby knowledge. Now I'm asking myself, which language I should
use to get started with cocoa development:
- ObjC looks interesing, but would be a new language to learn. I like
to learn new languages, but I also prefer to do one step after
another. So learning Cocoa and Obj-C toghether could be frustrating.
- I like dynamic scripting languages like python and ruby, but I would
like to ship my apps to other users. And they should not care about
the language I have used. Can pyObjC or RubyCoca be bundled with my
app, so that the enduser will not recognize that python/ruby is
shipped with my app?
- As far as I understand, GUIs are usually build with the interface
builder of XCode. That tools is tuned to be used with ObjC. How good
is the integration with scripting languages?
- How up to date are bindings to "non ObjC" languages usually? If I
will like cocoa development, I want to have a look at core data and
core animations. Are these also available for ruby and python?
- What about Mono/Cocoa#? Looks like Mono is not an good option, if I
want to distribute my app as small download via the web. Or am I wrong?
I would be very happy to hear some opinions of experienced cocoa
developers about these topics. Any feedback would be very appreciated.
cheers,
Achim
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