Code Genocide

I got a chance to play with the new iPhone SDK tonight and… man has it changed.

They have changed a ton of things, and in my opinion have made it more difficult in their attempt to make it easier.

The one thing I was really looking forward to was the Interface Builder for iPhone, however, in this release of the SDK it does not exist.
The main reason I was looking forward to this is because right now you have to spend a lot of time pixel pushing everything around. Figuring out heights and positions based off of screen size minus other elements, etc. then testing to see how it works, then tweaking and checking again, and that continues over and over.

With Interface Builder I would be able to just drag and drop to where it looks good first time.
Not to mention that this would make it so I wouldn’t have to figure out how all the new GUI elements are packaged in the new API.

The Simulator however is GREAT!
Major time saver.

So my verdict right now is it is a bit of a pain.
At least coming from the unofficial SDK.
Once we get the IB I think it won’t be as bad.

My biggest complaint is that with all these changes it means I have to REWRITE all my apps!