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"Alejandro F. Reimondo" aleReimondo@sugarweb.com wrote:
Another point to consider is the codeGeneration vs. objectGeneration topic. Most toolkits are only code generators. They produce raw source code. I think that the product to be obtained with an OO toolkit must be anObject. Tools like Parts for Smalltalk are very powerful, because they generate real GUI Objects!
Is this code generation being done to do interface layout or set up connections between interface objects? If so, IMO, this is an example of a failure to abstract these behaviors. The NeXTstep Interface Builder, for example, could layout and set up connections without any code generation. It could do this because of Objective-C's Smalltalk-like features. (dynamic binding, weak typing, introspection, etc) Are there any Smalltalk tools that work like this?
Steve
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