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Bug 130304

Summary:	Add objective C
Product:	cnd	Reporter:	hiaw <hiaw>
Component:	-- Other --	Assignee:	issues@cnd <issues>
Status:	NEW ---
Severity:	blocker	CC:	swpalmer
Priority:	P3	Keywords:	NETFIX
Version:	6.x
Hardware:	Macintosh
OS:	All
Issue Type:	ENHANCEMENT	Exception Reporter:

Description hiaw 2008-03-17 16:11:46 UTC

Hi,

This is a very nice C/C++ editor, is it possible to add objective C/Cocoa support for the mac? Xcode is the only IDE for Cocoa now and it's not as good as 
netbeans.

Comment 1 Alexander Simon 2008-03-17 18:36:49 UTC

See definition of Cocoa:
http://developer.apple.com/cocoa/

Comment 2 swpalmer 2009-12-30 15:56:33 UTC

I second this request.  One of the uses of the C/C++ module for NetBeans is to write JNI code for Java developers and have all of their code within one IDE.  On the Apple platform, OS X favours Objective-C frameworks as the most current and advanced method of accessing platform features.  If you can't code Objective-C on the Mac you are missing out on a great deal of what the platform has to offer.  

I find it somewhat funny that Fortran is listed in the project settings (why not Cobol? Has anyone written a Fortran program since the 1970's?) and yet Objective-C, a language that is actually used as the primary development language on the Mac platform is missing.