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Jared Sloan
43 PointsStoryboards vs. Code!
Treehouse team,
I typically use code to do all of my UI with iOS, but in the tutorial videos, each project uses storyboards. I'm wondering why this is.
In my opinion, it adds a level of abstraction that makes debugging and code readability harder.
So what's your take on this topic?
Thanks!
2 Answers
Ben Jakuben
Treehouse TeacherThere is a great Treehouse blog post and discussion in the comments about storyboards vs. creating things in code: http://blog.teamtreehouse.com/why-i-dont-use-interface-builder
In general I prefer storyboards for a few reasons, and one of the main reasons we use them in our Treehouse videos is because it's typically easier for newcomers to understand some of the concepts using storyboards than raw codes. I think a segue makes a lot more sense visually to a beginner than pushing/popping view controllers. But it's definitely a personal choice!
It's good to be familiar with both methods because you never know who you'll work with next or what projects you might join and what their existing approach might be.
Amit Bijlani
Treehouse Guest TeacherThere are lots of cases for and against it. Apple of course would prefer developers to use Storyboards because they have spent a lot of time and effort to make easy for us to build complex interfaces by simply dragging and dropping controls. Xcode has come a long way, the previous versions made it difficult for you to build an interface visually. However, with the Auto Layout improvements and Storyboards it's fairly easy to maintain a UI visually so why wouldn't you?