Boss: we have a project, we will need an application on Mac with objective-c.

Me: But I am a Java developer, I never touched a Mac or objective-c !

Boss: it's ok, use Google, you will find some useful stuff there..

Me: But..

Boss: we have a week for a demo

Yeah, it's all the same, typing something on the keyboard. Don't be a lazyDev

@pajaja what?

@lazyDev Sarcasm

Atleast you have a week

If it's as easy as he thinks then he should be able to do it himself then teach you. Why not suggest that?

*one week later*
Boss: ready for production release?
😒😒😒

Found that on google. As per your boss, this should do it for the demo.

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import <Foundation/Foundation.h>

int main (int argc, const char * argv[])
{
        NSAutoreleasePool *pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init];
        NSLog (@"Hello, World!");
        [pool drain];
        return 0;
}

Why the programming language requirement?

I hate on Java often enough, but one of its defining features is that you can flexibly assign developers to work on almost any imaginable platform.

But Java works on MacOS?

@yyng-pi yes that is what I suggested, use java on mac os, the target machine should have jre but it's less painful.

@lazyDev I believe it's common on osx to use the Java Appbundler, which wraps your application plus the JRE in a neat signed installer which can be distributed through any channel including the app store.

@yyng-pi are you seriously asking that question? Or are you trying to be funny? Because if you're serious...get out.

Honestly other than the tight deadline, I would be thrilled to try something new. And I hate Obejctive C.

@deusprogrammer yes me too, I love discovering new tech to me, but the time is the problem

hand over this project plan in the form of a Gantt chart to your boss:

Monday - set up dev environment
Tuesday - Google "hello world in objective c"
Wednesday - learn memory management
Thursday - fail and break your hello world ap
Friday - fix the hello world just in time for the big demo

Happened to me more than once... But hey, at least I Iearned a new technology each time... Not the best approach to learning I reckon, but it works...