RubyMotion - How I learned to like iOS despite Objective-C

First talk of the year for Orlando Ruby User Group (ORUG)

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1. RubyMotion How I learned to like iOS despite Objective-C
2. iOS Mobile Development
3. iOS Mobile Development Objective-C ME
4. Objective-C syntax is bizarre & strange Struggle with nuances of XCode Interface Builder is very “GUI” iOS follows MVC [generally] iOS Mobile Development
5. iOS Mobile Development Objective - C
6. iOS Mobile Development Objectionable-C
7. Obtuse iOS Mobile Development Objectionable-C
8. RubyMotion ‘Toolchain for iOS’ (iPhone/iPad/iPod) NOT PhoneGap or Rhomobile Creates statically compiled, native code Fully compliant with App Store guidelines
9. RubyMotion Familiar environment Ruby*, MVC Tests (MacBacon) Memory Management Ruby Gems Rake CLI (Terminal based workflow) *still required to understand structure and syntax of Obj-C
10. RubyMotion Debugger (introduced in 1.24) Read-Eval-Print-Loop (REPL) Huge community Libraries and DSLs Mix Objective-C and Ruby
11. RubyMotion Laurent Sansonetti Creator and lead developer of MacRuby left Apple late 2011 HipByte (small team) Made by Rubyists for Rubyists
12. RubyMotion Match Made in Heaven?
13. RubyMotion Match Made in Heaven? Marriage between MacRuby and iOS
14. iOS Mobile Development RubyMotion Only ONE file (.rb)
15. iOS Mobile Development RubyMotion NSObject is root class Only ONE file (.rb)
16. iOS Mobile Development RubyMotion NSObject is root class implicit return Only ONE file (.rb)
17. iOS Mobile Development RubyMotion NSObject is root class Duck typing implicit return Only ONE file (.rb)
18. iOS Mobile Development RubyMotion NSObject is root class Duck typing “sensible” dot notation implicit return Only ONE file (.rb)
19. RubyMotion
20. RubyMotion ENOUGH TALK LET’S CODE iOS in RUBY!!
21. RubyMotion No `eval` (statically compiled) No proc#binding No define_method Named Parameters RVM / Bundler / Gems is NOT pure Ruby
22. RubyMotion Learning Objective-C slow painful Ruby familiar fun Conclusion
23. RubyMotion Purchase RubyMotion (~$200)* license key 1 year software updates 1 year private ticket system “How Do I Get Started?!” * 10% discount code
24. RubyMotion Google Group GitHub HipByte/RubyMotion ParkinT/RubyMotion_Life/wiki ParkinT/RubyMotionSamples ParkinT/F1rstUse Resources
25. RubyMotion Book Clay Allsopp Wiki Tutorials Official Samples repo MotionCasts Conference #inspect Resources