[Pyobjc-dev] ANN: PyObjC 0.8

[Bill B. <bb...@co...>]

[I posted everwhere BUT pyobjc-dev... versiontracker, cocoa-dev, my  
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I'm sure.]

PyObjC version 0.8 is now available for download.

See...

     http://pyobjc.sourceforge.net/

... for more information.

The installer package includes a Project Builder project template for  
easily creating new Cocoa-Python projects.

PyObjC fully supports creating full featured Cocoa applications written  
in pure Python.  There are aspects of PyObjC that are more powerful  
than Cocoa in pure Obj-C (the ability to automatically define  
classes/outlets based on the contents of a NIB file, for example).

PyObjC requires OS X 10.2 or greater.  10.1 support is possible and  
will likely happen soon-- contact me if you need 10.1 support and are  
willing to do a bit of grunt work to generate the appropriate files  
(easy to do).

PyObjC also provides an awesome environment for exploring frameworks:

 >>> from objc import *
 >>> from Foundation import *
 >>> b =  
NSBundle.bundleWithPath_("/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/ 
PBXCore.framework")
 >>> b.principalClass()
<objective-c class PBXProducerTarget at 0xa9030034>
 >>> NSBundle.searchPathsForSupportFilesWithSubpath_("FooBar")
(
     "/Volumes/Data/Users/bbum/Developer/ProjectBuilder Extras/FooBar",
     "/Network/Developer/ProjectBuilder Extras/FooBar",
     "/Developer/ProjectBuilder Extras/FooBar"
)
 >>> PBXProject = lookUpClass("PBXProject")
 >>> p =  
PBXProject.projectWithFile_("/Developer/Examples/AppKit/TextEdit/ 
TextEdit.pbproj")
 >>> p.targets()
(<PBXApplicationTarget:0x00a76830:6FE2093EFE93D5F211CA2CEA:name='TextEdi 
t'>)
 >>> p.buildStyles()
(
      
<PBXBuildStyle:0x00a77d30:011ADBA3FF9FD52E11CA0C5D:name='Development':bu 
ildSettings.count=2>,
      
<PBXBuildStyle:0x00a82180:011ADBA4FF9FD52E11CA0C5D:name='Deployment':bui 
ldSettings.count=1>
)