How do I create Cocoa interfaces without Interface Builder?

Question

I would prefer to create my interfaces programatically. Seems as if all the docs on Apple Developer assume you're using Interface Builder. Is it possible to create these interfaces programatically, and if so where do I start learning about how to do this

I thought the relevant document for this, if possible would be in this section: http://developer.apple.com/referencelibrary/Cocoa/idxUserExperience-date.html

Answer 1

I like the question, and I'd also like to know of resources for going IB-less. Usefulness (the "why") is limited only by imagination. Off the top of my head, here are some possible reasons to program UIs explicitly:

• Implementing a better Interface Builder.
• Programming dynamic UIs, i.e., ones whose structure is not knowable statically (at compile/xcode time).
• Implementing the Cocoa back-end of a cross-platform library or language for UIs.

There is a series of blog posts on working without a nib and a recent description by Michael Mucha on cocoa-dev.