Why I loved building Basecamp for iPhone in RubyMotion

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Post by johnmwilliams » Wed, Feb 13, 2013, 9:06 PM UTC

Why I loved building Basecamp for iPhone in RubyMotion
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Re: Why I loved building Basecamp for iPhone in RubyMotion

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Post by anderspetersson » Wed, Feb 13, 2013, 9:40 PM UTC

Does something simular to RubyMotion, but in Python exist?

Re: Why I loved building Basecamp for iPhone in RubyMotion

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Post by flixic » Wed, Feb 13, 2013, 9:41 PM UTC

Oh what a joy it is to read this! My experience with RubyMotion is very similar, and I am very happy to see major, high-profile app made with RubyMotion.

However, I was somewhat disappointed to see that they use BubbleWrap persistence instead of true CoreData. I've been struggling to use CoreData without Xcode with RubyMotion for a while and haven't found a great solution yet.

Re: Why I loved building Basecamp for iPhone in RubyMotion

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Post by ceeK » Wed, Feb 13, 2013, 9:43 PM UTC

As cheap as it may sound, I would love to try/use RubyMotion if I didn't have to pay for it.

Re: Why I loved building Basecamp for iPhone in RubyMotion

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Post by flixic » Wed, Feb 13, 2013, 9:44 PM UTC

anderspetersson wrote: post #2

Does something simular to RubyMotion, but in Python exist?

Put simply: no. RubyMotion works because Ruby and Objective-C are very similar internally, both being inspired by SmallTalk and sharing almost all "core" language features - it allows to run ruby code on Objective-C Runtime. In this regard, python is a very different language, that would be extremely difficult to port, and it wouldn't really feel like python.

Re: Why I loved building Basecamp for iPhone in RubyMotion

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Post by danielsju6 » Wed, Feb 13, 2013, 9:44 PM UTC

Ruby Motion is amazing, mostly due to it working in my existing setup. I can use VIM and Rake to do everything :)

Re: Why I loved building Basecamp for iPhone in RubyMotion

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Post by purephase » Wed, Feb 13, 2013, 9:48 PM UTC

ceeK wrote: post #4

As cheap as it may sound, I would love to try/use RubyMotion if I didn't have to pay for it.

The price is a pretty big barrier to entry. I understand why, but an eval option would be nice.

Re: Why I loved building Basecamp for iPhone in RubyMotion

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Post by mumphster » Wed, Feb 13, 2013, 9:58 PM UTC

anderspetersson wrote: post #2

Does something simular to RubyMotion, but in Python exist?

http://kivy.org/#home

Re: Why I loved building Basecamp for iPhone in RubyMotion

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Post by swanson » Wed, Feb 13, 2013, 10:01 PM UTC

purephase wrote: post #7

ceeK wrote: post #4

As cheap as it may sound, I would love to try/use RubyMotion if I didn't have to pay for it.

The price is a pretty big barrier to entry. I understand why, but an eval option would be nice.

http://www.rubymotion.com/support/#faq

Discount for students/academics.

Re: Why I loved building Basecamp for iPhone in RubyMotion

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Post by beebs93 » Wed, Feb 13, 2013, 10:09 PM UTC

Nice article - easy-to-understand analysis of the benefits of RubyMotion.

I went the JS route with Titatium Appcelerator for our iPad app, but I've followed RubyMotion since it appeared and always wanted to give it a try.