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Xcode

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Comprehensive development IDE for iOS, OS X, tvOS and watchOS.

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Comes with the Mac OS X developer tools

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Supports native Mac tooling such as xcodebuild, Obj-C, frameworks, etc.

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Allows for arbitrary Makefile-driven build processes

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Supports code autocompletion

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Supports line numbers

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Supports syntax highlighting in most programming languages

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Buggy

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Not cross-platform and thus need to learn a different IDE for other platforms

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Lacks the same plugability, packages as some more popular editors

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Takes longer to startup than some other lighter, faster editors

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Comes with the Mac OS X developer tools

Supports native Mac tooling such as xcodebuild, Obj-C, frameworks, etc.

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Recommended 4 years ago

Comes with the Mac OS X developer tools

Supports syntax highlighting in most programming languages

Supports line numbers

Supports code autocompletion

Supports native Mac tooling such as xcodebuild, Obj-C, frameworks, etc.

Allows for arbitrary Makefile-driven build processes

Takes longer to startup than some other lighter, faster editors

Lacks the same plugability, packages as some more popular editors

Not cross-platform and thus need to learn a different IDE for other platforms

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