Re: WebObjects 5.2.4 and XCode

Hi Ricardo

On 1/04/2006, at 8:12 AM, Ricardo Saito wrote:

> Hello Denis,
>
> Thanks for your email.
>
> I tried to install the WO 5.2.4 and XCode 2.2 but had some problems
> then  I have been told that the best combination is 5.24 and 2.0.

There is some truth in that advice. Xcode 2.1 introduced some new  
features and was quite buggy.  There is a new EOModeler plugin that  
has been heavily criticized and most of us have chosen to avoid it  
and keep using the older EOModeler app with XCode 2.1 or 2.2 which is  
a little tricky to do at first because just clicking the model file  
in Xcode 2.1 and above tries to open the new EOModeler module instead  
of the old EOModeler app.  I have to find my model file and drop it  
onto the dock icon for EOModeler.app 5.3

In my opinion Xcode 2.1 wasn't usable, but Xcode 2.2.1 is.  Perhaps  
foolishly, I prefer to move forward with the latest versions rather  
than stick with an 'out dated' one.

There is another point I didn't mention.  I'm using an intel iMac.  I  
can't use Xcode 2.0 on that.  So my preference for Xcode 2.2.1 is  
heavily influenced by necessity.  I'm hoping they improve Xcode soon,  
and make the good ideas introduced with 2.1 actually work smoothly.

To sum up. you might get an easier start with Xcode 2.0, but sooner  
or later you will move to the latest, and currently that means  
2.2.1.  I'm using that and I'm (mostly) happy with it.

Denis

PS.  the above comments on XCode 2.1 and 2.2 problems only apply to  
WebObjects development.  Developers working with other languages may  
not encounter these issues.