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Asked: 2026-06-08T17:17:00+00:00

So after having read a few different Big Nerd Ranch texts, as well as

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So after having read a few different Big Nerd Ranch texts, as well as seen Paul Haddad of Tweetbot fame more or less say that he doesn’t use Interface Builder, I’ve come to the conclusion that for one reason or another, there’s something wrong with it?

I personally find myself gravitating toward Interface Builder solely due to my background with Visual Basic. It’s easier, it’s faster, and just (for me) far more pleasant to work with.

In the end, though, my question is this: Is there some reason due to efficiency (either through performance of the final app or in the development process) that developers gravitate toward programmatically designed UI’s over the Interface Builder-generated counterpart?

Thank you.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Interface Builder can be fiddly at times, and until recently you couldn’t do anything remotely complex with it in terms of laying out UI elements relative to one another. Since you’d have to dip down to code to do that, many people just do everything in code.

    However, with the advent of AutoLayout and its amazing integration with Interface Builder, that may change.

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