Uses of Objective-C

There are various use cases for Objective-C; some of the key uses are mentioned below:

• iOS and macOS App Development: Apple products are the most popular and widely used products across the world. For developing applications for Apple’s iOS and macOS platforms, Objective-C has been the primary programming language. It’s used to develop a wide range of software, which includes mobile applications, desktop applications, games, utilities, and more.
• Legacy Codebases: Objective-C has been used in many existing iOS and macOS applications. Plenty of major Apple projects still exist that are written in Objective-C. Therefore, developers who know Objective-C can benefit from maintaining, updating, and extending existing codebases.
• Cocoa and Cocoa Touch Frameworks: Frameworks such as Cocoa (for macOS) and Cocoa Touch have integration with Objective-C, which provides a large set of APIs that help in developing UI (user interfaces), handling events, accessing system services, and more. Developers use Objective-C to interact with these frameworks and take advantage of their capabilities.
• Open Source Projects: In various open-source projects, libraries, and tools, Objective-C is used as a programming language. For example, many popular iOS and macOS frameworks and libraries are written in Objective-C. GNUStep offers an open-source implementation of the Cocoa API that allows developers to write cross-platform Objective-C code.
• High-Level Abstractions: The support of object-oriented programming paradigms in Objective-C allows developers to create high-level abstractions with the use of classes, objects, inheritance, and polymorphism. This support of OOP paradigms makes Objective-C suitable for building a complex software system with modular and reusable components.

In this huge world of software development, especially within Apple’s ecosystem, the language that underpins much of the innovation and creation is Objective-C. Rooted in computing history, Objective-C has been a favorite language for developers driving the intricacies of Apple’s platforms for many years. With the arrival of Swift, a modern, concise, and more efficient language than Onjective-C. Also, questions arise regarding the relevance and solid significance of Objective-C in today’s landscape.

In this article, we will have a deep look into the uses of Objective-C along with its comparison with the modern featured language Swift. Let’s get started.