With respect to autolayout in code, checkout "masonry" for an elegant, block-based abstraction/approach. On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 2:15 AM Lee Ann Rucker <[email protected]> wrote:
> Autolayout went from something to swear loudly at in 10.7 to something > quite nice in 10.11 (Finally, it works in view-based table views!). It's > just taking some time to get all the parts converted. > ________________________________________ > From: [email protected] > [[email protected]] on behalf of > George Toledo [[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2015 10:38 PM > To: Jens Alfke > Cc: XCode Users > Subject: Re: Auto Layout Problems > > What I see developers get frustrated with, is the fact that frameworks (or > other technologies) get released with great hype, wind up being half > baked... and then instead of that thing ever being improved, it's onto the > next greatest hype. > > The judgement calls seem particularly odd at times, especially when it > comes to graphics. I would even go so far as to say that it seems that > there has been great confusion, considering the output. > > I think Apple would do well to consider what has really improved since > 10.5 and what has not. It's never too late to turn back from bad directions. > > -gt > > > On Aug 27, 2015, at 1:56 PM, Jens Alfke <[email protected]<mailto: > [email protected]>> wrote: > > > On Aug 27, 2015, at 9:46 AM, Thomas Wetmore <[email protected]<mailto: > [email protected]>> wrote: > > I have also been disappointed on how much difficulty I have had when > incorporating new Apple technologies. > > In the case of Swift, I think it’s mostly just that it’s new (and still > developing fast) and quite different from what we’re used to. Apple has > done a great job documenting it — I remember being blown away at WWDC last > year by how good the Swift books were. > > In some other areas, like auto-layout, Apple’s made adoption harder than > it needs to be by not documenting it well, or by hiding the documentation > (in a sub-basement behind a door reading “Beware Of The Leopard”.) The > Xcode IDE documentation is wretched, I might even say “insulting”; > super-complex things like build settings are given one page with a > screenshot and some superficial one-liners about what the buttons do. > Similarly-complex GUI tools in other domains like audio or illustration get > big tomes of documentation, but the Xcode IDE (I’m not talking about the > SDKs!) has basically a pamphlet. > > —Jens > > _______________________________________________ > Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. > Xcode-users mailing list ([email protected]) > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/xcode-users/lutherbaker%40gmail.com > > This email sent to [email protected]
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