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skylan_q on Dec 24, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: How to Learn to Write iOS Apps

I've looked at reverse-engineering xib files in order to be able to produce my own, thinking it would make a pretty neat tool to use. It's a nightmare.

Monotouch seems to have pulled this off somehow.

For some reason, the boss insists we do everything using xibs. :(

poutine on Dec 24, 2011 [–]

In dev teams UI done in an xib will make the UI easier to understand. It's also much faster to do many things with the GUI.

FuzzyDunlop on Dec 24, 2011 | [–]

And especially with storyboards in iOS5 you can now get a good idea of an app's flow at a glance.

Xcode's a shining example of an IDE that knows how to do one thing and do it really well.

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