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It depends, if your background is in dynamic languages like Perl, Ruby, Python than using Ruby for iOS makes a lot of sense. On the plus side Ruby is better for
by octopus 14y ago
It depends, if your background is in dynamic languages like Perl, Ruby, Python than using Ruby for iOS makes a lot of sense. On the plus side Ruby is better for programmer productivity.
If you have a good background in C than yes, using Objective-C is not so difficult.
- FuzzyDunlop 14y agoI concur with the other posters who say Objective-C itself is not the barrier, the API is. Such is the design and verbosity of the API (which is great for self-documentation and talking about, less so for typing), it'd be an absolute nightmare to work with without the extensive auto-complete Xcode offers. This is a very exciting (and very positive) development, but at this moment in time I would still bite the bullet with Objective-C. I came to it with a background in PHP of all things and didn't struggle with picking it up in a few weeks. I can't wait to see the things people do with it and with Ruby's metaprogramming.