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The Anatomy of a macOS App

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278 points elashri | 8 comments | 07 Dec 25 12:31 UTC | HN request time: 0.979s | source | bottom
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pjmlp ◴[07 Dec 25 16:11 UTC] No.46182736[source]▶
As side note, NeXTSTEP bundle system was the inspiration for Java's JAR files.
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1. dana321 ◴[07 Dec 25 16:49 UTC] No.46183045[source]▶
jars are just zip files renamed
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2. pjmlp ◴[07 Dec 25 17:04 UTC] No.46183164[source]▶
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

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3. kbolino ◴[07 Dec 25 17:17 UTC] No.46183287[source]▶
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...

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4. LoganDark ◴[07 Dec 25 20:11 UTC] No.46184698[source]▶
Don't forget to delete META-INF!
5. steve1977 ◴[07 Dec 25 21:33 UTC] No.46185382[source]▶
I guess there’s a reason that Cocoa was called Cocoa… it’s also a hot beverage like Java, just sweeter ;)
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6. favorited ◴[07 Dec 25 21:44 UTC] No.46185482[source]▶
Wait until you learn what an iOS app's .ipa file is.
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7. andrekandre ◴[08 Dec 25 00:19 UTC] No.46186878{3}[source]▶
also unlike java, cocoa doesn't cause jitters
8. wpm ◴[08 Dec 25 07:21 UTC] No.46189374[source]▶
What’s that saying, there are 3 kinds of files?

zips, text files, and binary files