> On 30 Oct 2014, at 16:03, Fritz Anderson <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 29 Oct 2014, at 11:51 PM, Leo Yu <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I am just curious about iOS StoryBoard. A lot of people i talked to seems >> to like using it for creating their apps. To me, it adds a level of >> difficulty to control how controllers are created and destroyed. > > This list is for discussion of the Objective-C programming language itself; > [email protected] is for questions about the Cocoa application > frameworks, which are only one use for the language. > > I’ll give you my _experience_ of OO tools in general; don’t expect nuance or > detail on your literal question. Go to cocoa-dev for that. > > I really shouldn’t do even this. I’m chary of using a technical list for > “opinion” unrelated to a concrete topic. > > > > I’ve seen novices resist object-oriented tools, including frameworks and > their helper applications, as “difficult,” usually because those tools > deprive them of “control” or “how it’s really done.” > > I can’t comment on your situation, but the complaint usually comes of not > having studied (and used) the tool enough to understand how to adapt it to > the results they want. They rarely have to duplicate its function by hand, > repeatedly, and probably less-correctly. Working by hand is sometimes the > best way, but it’s not the first thought to have. > > The results should be what matter, not whether you got them with your own > hands. > > This assumes a well-implemented tool; Storyboard _for iOS_ is > well-implemented, as such things go. It is used not just by “a lot of” > developers, but by the great majority, for most parts of their applications. > > > >> Also, is it actually hard for a group of developers to share or to modify a >> storyboard ? > > Merging independent work on storyboards and NIBs is impossible. Nuance > elsewhere, such as cocoa-dev.
Not true. As of Xcode 5, storyboards and xibs use a simple XML-based format which merges pretty well. _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Objc-language mailing list ([email protected]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/objc-language/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
