Apple has released Xcode 2.2 which provides overall stability and performance enhancements to the Xcode IDE, as well as improvements to debugging, workflow, and the Xcode build system. It requires Mac OS X 10.4.
Xcode 2.2 is the fastest way for developers to create Mac OS X applications and the easiest way to take advantage of new Apple technologies. Xcode 2.2 brings together the ease of use of Mac OS X, the power of UNIX and a mix of high-performance development technologies.
More info and download link (833.7 MB DMG) here.
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finally i can do some decent x-rated coding!
This is excellent news! Xcode is a great product.
I spend most of my time designing and writing Windows software (gotta pay the mortgage) but it is a pure joy to go home and work in Objective-C under Xcode. Apple (or more correctly Next) has built the best development environment for making software that I have ever used in 25 years of experience.
It is as well-crafted as any of the best Apple hardware!
XCode is certainly one of the best environments I’ve used to write code in.
It tends to keep on par with Microsoft Visual Studio which, bizarrely for an MS product has a great reputation. There’s a few areas where it’s not quite up to Visual Studio’s standard, but in other areas it kicks it’s arse. Interface Builder, for example, is light years ahead of Visual Studio when it comes to designing your user interface – actively helping you obey the user interface rules.
I use XCode every day, but only to edit Perl scripts for the web site I’m employed to develop. It’s disappointing not to be giving it a proper work-out – no time at home any more to work on my own projects…
Seriously, I love this stuff. What does it do?
it’s the free IDE from Apple. Very nice. Too bad it does not really do Python: should have distutils integrated as well as templates for it.