objective C, ruby, or python

[sourceninja]

I have been a long time web applications developer with a strong background in php and some professional experience with C# and java. I also have some personal experience with desktop application development on windows (via vb and c#) and on linux (via python/gtk). I took c classes years ago in high school.

I am looking to get into software development for mac. I see some big holes missing in the software lineup for the mac and I want to try to fill a few of the key apps i think are missing or simply just got up to snuff compared to windows or linux.

Obviously obj-c is the mac's main focus for development, but I was wondering if the ease of python might make the transition from linux to mac development easier. Any comments or suggestions on developing for osX?

 

[drebo]

Being that Python and Ruby are aboth interpreted languages, I don't think you'll get very far with them for commercial development.

Objective-C is what you'll want to use.

 

[sourceninja]

A lot of really good linux software is written in python. True for very large apps it is probably not the best idea, but for most of the projects I'm looking at I would not hesitate too much to use python/gtk if I was on linux.

 

[Crusty]

Use C for the heavy lifting, and Ruby/Python for GUI and tools.

 

[sourceninja]

I think that it what I'll do, I'm going to start with just python (which can be packed into a mac app) and if I need speed beyond what that gives me, I'll just replace modules with compiled c/obj-c code.