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XCode Roundup

Posted by pudge on from the get-em-up-move-em-out dept.

Durin_Deathless writes "XCode 1.5 is now available to the general public through ADC. Highlights include dead code stripping, remote debugging, Subversion support, and improved editor speed. There's also a new GCC, which is supposed to compile faster, and lots of AppleScript changes. Also, code completion now works in Java and AppleScript." djabbour writes "Blizzard Entertainment develops its games simultaneously on the Windows and Mac OS X platforms. This article claims Xcode Tools 'play [a] critical role.'"

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  1. Mac, not Linux. by SKorvus · · Score: 5, Insightful

    djabbour writes "Blizzard Entertainment develops its games simultaneously on the Windows and Linux platforms."

    While the Slashdot community may have largely embraced the Mac platform since the release of the BSD/Mach based OS X, Mac != Linux.

    Blizzard has had strong support for the Mac platform since its beginning; and it's nice to see that the Mac forms an integral part of their development process.

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  2. Re:Old News by __aafkqj3628 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    probably because I didn't do a very interesting blurb

    Or you didn't include the word "Linux"

  3. Standardize. by iwadasn · · Score: 2, Insightful


    First, a disclaimer. I use OS X at home, Linux and Windows at work, and I write almost everything in Java.

    Basically, I don't like using Visual Studio, because I can't use it at home. I don't like using X-Code because I can't use it at work. I write in Java because it will run at home, at work, and everywhere in between, and I write my Java with Netbeans. This prevents me from needing to do thing entirely differently in several places, and is really convenient. I also find Netbeans to be better than Eclipse (YMMV), but that's another story.

    I wish Apple would just fold their work into Eclipse and Netbeans so we don't have n+1 coding tools each with its own quirks. Either contribute actual fixes to the programs, or just release a bunch of plugins that allow apple script development, etc....

    That being said, I can't really complain too much. Free is free afterall, but I just wish they improved one of the other free (and cross platform) IDEs, rather than reinventing the wheel yet again.