DevJuice: Apple’s ObjC-JavaScript Bridge


In a new post at his Steamclock Software blog, Nigel Brooke writes how Apple has added new Objective-C to Javascript bridging to WebKit: “This new API supports straightforward embedding of the JavaScriptCore interpreter into native Objective-C projects, including reading and writing variables and object members with appropriate type coercion, calling methods on JavaScript objects, and directly binding Objective-C objects into JavaScript.” The API performs its bridging using Objective-C protocols, enabling you to bind JavaScript calls to Objective-C implementations. If you’d like to give the tech a test, Brooke has posted a working sample project at github . Hat tip iOS Dev Weekly DevJuice: Apple’s ObjC-JavaScript Bridge originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Fri, 17 May 2013 12:00:00 EST

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Apple uses a little code to help hide its Samsung apology in the UK



After the company’s first attempt at its court-ordered apology came off a bit sarcastic — and angered a UK judge in the process — Apple has now posted its second attempt at the official statement on its UK website. However, while this new statement appears to have much less snark , the company has another treat in store: Apple’s front page code has been tweaked so that the the blurb and link to the statement won’t appear unless you scroll down, regardless of your screen resolution

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Guild Wars 2 Beta For Mac Announced Today, Less Than A Month After PC Release



Holy high-fantasy MMORPG gameplay, Batman, but the strangest thing happened today. NCSoft, developer of Guild Wars, announced that the Mac beta for Guild Wars 2, still a hot Windows gaming title, has been released. They created it along with TransGaming, using the Cider Portability Engine, which may explain why it happened so fast.

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iOS 6 Expected To Arrive At 1 PM Eastern, 10 AM Pacific



What time will iOS 6 arrive in your country? With iOS 6 making its public debut today, I’m sure some of you are sat in front of iTunes with your iOS device plugged into your computer, mashing that ‘Update’ button as much as humanly possible in the hope that any time now, Apple will open the gate. Well, you may want to give your fingers a rest, because it could be a few hours yet before iOS 6 drops.

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What Is It About Apple Products That Causes That “Deep Emotional Connection?” [Interview]



Hello, Lisa Jonathan Zufi is the curator and owner of the Shrine of Apple , a web-based museum with a single, slightly obsessive goal: to obtain one of every single Apple product ever produced, and display them all online as beautifully as possible. Zufi wants to do for all the retro Apple stuff what modern bloggers (not unlike our very selves) do for every newly announced product. If ever a website earned membership of the Cult of Mac, this is it.

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