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

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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