oscarmv

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   by oscarmv 4y ago

   Don't worry, nowadays mac devs don't know what UI framework to use either!
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   by oscarmv 4y ago

   I guess the question would be if a larger pool of users willing to vote for native apps with their $$$ would counteract the dynamic you mention. After all the worst possible dev environment will get extensively used if there's money to
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   by oscarmv 4y ago

   It's honestly not that hard for a random iOS dev to learn the macOS ropes, the principles and paradigms between UIKit and AppKit are the same and at this point both frameworks have a comparable amount of baggage and quirks. AppKit adds
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   by oscarmv 4y ago

   I'm neutral about Swift vs. Obj-C, I can see the advantages in Swift (especially now that the language is starting to tackle concurrency and getting closer to solving its existential issues) but I miss just having a simple set of tools
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   by oscarmv 4y ago

   Uh no. The old client's chat transcript was using WebView for display with a bunch of custom-fed CSS/HTML/DOM that was built in code. The rest of the app was good ol' AppKit. The whole chat transcript being a web view th