Ken McLeodMar 10
Ah, WebObjects. This set of software frameworks was used to build enterprise-level websites, the iTunes Store being a notable example. 4.5 was the first version to "only" cost $699 instead of the $50,000 that NeXT used to charge. And the last version to use Objective-C... it all got rewritten in Java for the 5.0 release, beginning a slow decline until it was officially discontinued in 2016.
Show threadtheirongiantMar 10
@_the_cloud one of Apple's internal payroll sites ran on WebObjects from the early 2000s until mid 2018. When I joined corporate, I gave HR my old employee ID, so I was able to access my old apps, and pull up all my old paystubs from my time in Apple Retail, circa 2005. It was pretty wild to see such an ancient site before they started requiring SSO to be enabled for all internal apps in 2019.
Show threadKen McLeod
@theirongiant Before myPage was retired in 2024, it had been running for a Very Long Time. I wonder if it was a WO app? It was around in 2000 at least, as I found an old email mentioning it then, but I think it had been around a few years before that, maybe 1998 or so.
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Show threadMiguel ArrozMar 10
@_the_cloud @theirongiant As curiosity, I was probably the last person who had a full time job maintaining the WO branch used by iTunes Store, after WO was publicly deprecated. I don’t want go back to Java coding but I loved doing this. Learned a whole lot and got to implement a few features I always wanted in the framework. 😃