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NeXTSTEP Release 3 Demo

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What it is

Steve Jobs demos NeXTSTEP Release 3, showing the object-oriented development environment and UI that later became the basis of Mac OS X. Midway through he builds a database-backed GUI app with Interface Builder and Enterprise Objects Framework with almost no code.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN uses it as the classic example of rapid visual app building and of a polished early Jobs presentation, often with timestamps pointing to the database demo.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2007, last 2016

What HN commenters said

  1. “I thought Steve Jobs's NeXT demo from 1992-1993 was pretty impressive.”

    Impressive Steve Jobs NeXT demo.

    henning, 2007-04 · Recommendation · in “The greatest Demos/screencasts you've seen”

  2. “It's interesting to see a young Steve Jobs perfecting his presentation style.”

    Young Steve Jobs perfecting his presentation style.

    _frog, 2011-03 · Recommendation · in “Steve Jobs on Apple's brand strategy in 1997”

  3. “this 20 year old video with Steve Jobs giving a demo of NeXTSTEP 3.”

    Shows NeXTSTEP 3 UI that resembles OS X.

    ben1040, 2012-12 · Recommendation · in “The legacy of NeXT lives on in OS X”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: nextstep, steve jobs, interface builder, enterprise objects framework, rapid app development, os x history

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