The Anatomy of a macOS App

As side note, NeXTSTEP bundle system was the inspiration for Java's JAR files.

jars are just zip files renamed

Inspired by how NeXTSTEP bundles work.

People keep missing Java's ideas due to OpenSTEP collaboration before Java came to be.

https://cs.gmu.edu/~sean/stuff/java-objc.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_Objects_Everywhere

JAR has additional structure to it, though it's mostly optional stuff, like metadata and code signing:

https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/21/docs/specs/jar/jar...

Don't forget to delete META-INF!

I guess there’s a reason that Cocoa was called Cocoa… it’s also a hot beverage like Java, just sweeter ;)

Wait until you learn what an iOS app's .ipa file is.

also unlike java, cocoa doesn't cause jitters

What’s that saying, there are 3 kinds of files?

zips, text files, and binary files