Comment on A few days of programming on iOS and Android illustrates a vast difference.parentComments−serge2k15yVerbose is putting it mildly. Objective C isn't a bad language, but the syntax is just horrible IMO. So much extra typing to do something simple.That said, the app I'm writing at work does a lot of stuff with strings, which you did mention specifically as a problem.Properties also drive me crazy. just a ton of extra annoyance just to declare a variable.I also prefer eclipse to xcode, and visual studio to both.oh and good point about the simulator. The iOS simulators are MUCH better than the android simulator. So much faster.−reidmain15yWhat is the annoyance with declaring properties? How is it worse than other languages?You have a single line that specifies a property and then a single line to synthesize the accessors if you don't need to do anything unique inside them.
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Verbose is putting it mildly. Objective C isn't a bad language, but the syntax is just horrible IMO. So much extra typing to do something simple.
That said, the app I'm writing at work does a lot of stuff with strings, which you did mention specifically as a problem.
Properties also drive me crazy. just a ton of extra annoyance just to declare a variable.
I also prefer eclipse to xcode, and visual studio to both.
oh and good point about the simulator. The iOS simulators are MUCH better than the android simulator. So much faster.
What is the annoyance with declaring properties? How is it worse than other languages?
You have a single line that specifies a property and then a single line to synthesize the accessors if you don't need to do anything unique inside them.