Re:Samsung Outsells iPhone, Breaks Shipping Records
by matwood on Saturday July 28, 2012 @10:18AM
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I like objective-c. Message passing and everything that comes along with it leads to some interesting coding opportunities. The real strength of Apple dev though lies in the libraries.
Also, coding for iOS 5+ only makes it a lot easier to write correct code because of things like ARC and weak reference types.
My only problem with Xcode is crashing, but that seems to have mostly been fixed. There is a vim plugin you can use if you prefer those keybindings.
Re:Samsung Outsells iPhone, Breaks Shipping Records
by ThePherocity on Saturday July 28, 2012 @08:56AM
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Yea, I said that too at first, and now I really like it. I think it has a steeper earning curve than most OOPL's. There is an elegance to the language; though I would love to see a complete overhaul of the language to support namespaces, and to decrease the overly extensive use of @. Prefixed classes just make everything harder to read, and feels very 80's.
The iPhone simulator does seem better than its Android counterpart (due to the lack of customization available). Also, how will iPhone apps appear on the iPhone 5 which is likely to have a bigger display? There is nothing in xcode to deal with fitting to multiple device resolutions.