> But 1/ it’s much simpler for doing simple things and 2/ we can drop down to AppKit when needed.
New things (especially 12 years on) shouldn't be "do simple things simpler, and drop down to old ways for complex stuff". It should be "do complex things simpler".
I strongly disagree.After many years in software development, I'm sick of resolving the same issues all over again.Make me write less code, make me spend less time fixing it.That's what is increasing productivity and scope for my projects.
You strongly disagree with what? That new tools shouldn't just make simple things simpler?
> Make me write less code, make me spend less time fixing it.
But that's exactly where SwiftUI fails, doesn't it? The moment you step outside the "the only UI you can do is lists", you are exactly in the "write more code with weird failures" territory with "just fallback to AppKit for anything even slightly outside of the extremely limited sandbox".
New things (especially 12 years on) shouldn't be "do simple things simpler, and drop down to old ways for complex stuff". It should be "do complex things simpler".