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NeXTSTEP Release 3: A Demonstration with Steve Jobs

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What it is

A 35-minute demonstration of NeXTSTEP Release 3 by Steve Jobs. It shows the object-oriented development environment and features such as dragging a live chart between apps.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Cited as a primary source for what NeXTSTEP could do and how Jobs pitched rapid application development.

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What HN commenters said

  1. “Here's Steve Jobs demoing NeXTSTEP's object-oriented development environment”

    Jobs explains object-oriented development lets non-programmers compose applications

    BjoernKW, 2022-10 · Recommendation · in “Starting a Business Around GPT-3 Is a Bad Idea (2020)”

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Topics: nextstep, steve jobs, objective-c, rapid application development, desktop ui

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