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>We had a much better version of this with interface builder on NeXT in the late 1980s (and later Mac OS X) I don’t disagree, that just wasn’t available as a s
by torben-friis 11mo ago
>We had a much better version of this with interface builder on NeXT in the late 1980s (and later Mac OS X)
I don’t disagree, that just wasn’t available as a starting to program option when my generation started learning around 2005. If it still existed, it was way too niche for me to know about as a beginner.
And I don’t include myself in the generation that started programming through JS, I went the console route a bit earlier. But I have seen friends enter programming later on and it’s clear why that is the main choice.
- frumplestlatz 11mo agoInterface Builder was still the standard way to build Mac apps in 2006, and with some improvements, has remained a standard way to build Mac and iOS apps to this day (but now we also have SwiftUI).
- torben-friis 11mo agoFair, but how common were Macs in 2006 for newcomers? At least in my corner of the world they were practically non existing. The first time I saw macOS at all was in 2012, and it was on my pc after managing to turn it into a hackintosh with help from some random Eastern European guy from a message board.