You need to keep in mind that you don't actually type out the entirety of XCode's methods. For instance: self.window = [[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:[[UIScr

You need to keep in mind that you don't actually type out the entirety of XCode's methods. For instance: self.window = [[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:[[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds]]; Was about 45 key presses in Xcode. And this is a fairly short method, take something like animating a view with a block and you're looking at way more typing to do it in Ruby Motion.