Overall experience with Xcode integrated development environment (IDE)
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FAVORABLE REVIEW
Detailed Review of Xcode
I am a iOS Developer and from 5 years i am using this software XCODE. It helps us to make Apple based application easily. It supports boths iOS and MacOS applications . One can easily build his/her own application from scratch. Xcode supports both languages Swift and Objective. One can easily add ...
CRITICAL REVIEW
Nice tool but it needs to be light weight
It is an intelligent development tool, but Gradually, it consumes more memory. At the end, it leads to system up-gradation. The system sometimes doesn't respond while launching a simulator. Even with 8 GB system RAM, we could not get the best experience while development.
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Company Size
- <50M USD35%
- 50M-1B USD34%
- 1B-10B USD16%
- 10B+ USD11%
- Gov't/PS/Ed5%
Industry
- Services53%
- Finance11%
- Manufacturing9%
- Healthcare2%
- Other23%
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Most Helpful Xcode integrated development environment (IDE) Reviews
- A great IDE for a great Ecosystem
- Reviewer Role: Infrastructure and Operations
- Company Size: 3B - 10B USD
- Industry: Finance Industry
Xcode is a great integrated development environment. Apple made a great job integrating an IDE inside its Ecosystem. Developing a software is made simple with helps and hints during the code writing. Deploying to an Apple iPhone or onto your Mac machine is very easy and straightforward. Licensing system is solid. ... - Apple devices software hardware review with all specifications
- Reviewer Role: R&D/Product Development
- Company Size: 1B - 3B USD
- Industry: Manufacturing Industry
I have been using xCode for my development purpose since last 8 years. Since xCode 3, I have been using and currently xCode 12 has been launched. They have also updated their development language from Objective C to Swift. It is easy to use. The only thing I am concerned about is Release updates are not mentioned properly. ... - Xcode is easy to use
- Reviewer Role: CIO
- Company Size: 3B - 10B USD
- Industry: Finance Industry
Xcode allows us to develop iOS apps for internal and external use. It helps us distribute the applications through the Apple App Store. - Highly Recommended, Best IDE till Date !!!
- Reviewer Role: Analyst
- Company Size: 250M - 500M USD
- Industry: Services Industry
Highly satisfied with the product.One of the best IDE's till date.Xcode is easy to use and it includes all the process from development to distribution of application. - Dependable project
- Reviewer Role: Applications
- Company Size: 3B - 10B USD
- Industry: Miscellaneous Industry
Xcode is IDE provided by apple for developing applications for Mac and iPhone. It's a powerful IDE and has a user-friendly built-in feature. Very useful and user friendly - Create applications for apple products such as iPhone, iPad, apple watch
- Reviewer Role: Applications
- Company Size: 1B - 3B USD
- Industry: Services Industry
Xcode is a good product to create iOS native applications. We can create an app for iPhone, iPad, apple watch devices. Before creating an app using this tool, we need some knowledge in objective c and swift languages. This toll providing simulator for testing our app in a real environment in the iPhone and iPad. ... - Smooth working, Easy to use, Awesome auto-fix and hints and very nice debug tools.
- Reviewer Role: R&D/Product Development
- Company Size: 3B - 10B USD
- Industry: Services Industry
I really have very good experience with this Xcode. Once I become familiar with it, I feel it the best one among all I have used so far. The best thing I found it is very smooth tool and easy to use. So far I worked on objective C mostly and switched to swift recently and working really well here too . The number of tools it has provided make it very effective. Few points I would like to highlight are: 1. I had the very good experience of emulator so far compare to ... - Good dev tool. Buggy updates but nice overall experience
- Reviewer Role: R&D/Product Development
- Company Size: 3B - 10B USD
- Industry: Services Industry
Provides a very strong platform for development. Very User friendly. Although each build comes up with several bugs but they are fixed promptly. - Xcode For IDE
- Reviewer Role: Knowledge Specialist
- Company Size: 50M - 250M USD
- Industry: Services Industry
It is the only IDE with which you can easily create applications for IOS and Mac OS. It supports the new Apple swift language. You can create applications visually, you just need to write code. It also integrates with plugins and with Git. It has emulators to test the application on different devices without the need to buy them. ... - best tool for developing iOS Application
- Reviewer Role: Applications
- Company Size: 50M - 250M USD
- Industry: Services Industry
Best IDE for Developing IOS Application, Xcode based on Objective-C language and Swift. in designing is very attractive and simple to develop. high speed, easy to develop, easy to find errors when occurring - Nice tool but it needs to be light weight
- Reviewer Role: Analyst
- Company Size: 50M - 250M USD
- Industry: Services Industry
It is an intelligent development tool, but Gradually, it consumes more memory. At the end, it leads to system up-gradation. The system sometimes doesn't respond while launching a simulator. Even with 8 GB system RAM, we could not get the best experience while development. - Very good for development but few updates were buggy
- Reviewer Role: R&D/Product Development
- Company Size: 3B - 10B USD
- Industry: Services Industry
Very good for development. But new versions tend to have bugs and issues that take time in getting resolved. Overall very powerful and good for use in development. Very easy to begin iOS development. Good debugger and very user friendly. - Review on Xcode 11
- Reviewer Role: R&D/Product Development
- Company Size: 3B - 10B USD
- Industry: Services Industry
Have been using Xcode from past 8 years and the overall experience has improved a lot when compared to 4.2 but there is scope for improvement. Specially the crashes that are being observed needs to be fixed. - UI Expert
- Reviewer Role: Consultant
- Company Size: 500M - 1B USD
- Industry: Services Industry
I really liked working on Xcode the best part was drag and drop of the components in Xcode and and adjusting of the component. using UI Tools. Easy suggestion s and prediction for swift code.Interface Builder is the best part of Xcode. - Best IDE for iOS and Mac Application development
- Reviewer Role: System Integrator
- Company Size: 3B - 10B USD
- Industry: Services Industry
Best IDE for iOS and Mac Application development which supports end to end unit testing and UI automation testing as well. The best thing with this IDE is It supports a lot of themes including a dark theme. Shows full history as well Coming to drawbacks.. 1. Doesn't support autoimport 2. Crashes sometimes 3. No terminal 4. version control can be improved a lot ... "Best IDE For IOS And Mac Application Development"
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Was this user review helpful?Overall Comment:"Best IDE for iOS and Mac Application development which supports end to end unit testing and UI automation testing as well. The best thing with this IDE is It supports a lot of themes including a dark theme. Shows full history as well Coming to drawbacks.. 1. Doesn't support autoimport 2. Crashes sometimes 3. No terminal 4. version control can be improved a lot"
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Best IDE for iOS and Mac Application development
What do you like most about the product or service?
UI/UX and usability and user friendtly editor
What do you dislike most about the product or service?
1. Auto import doesn't work 2. No terminal 3. Version control can be improved
What one piece of advice would you give other prospective customers?
Go ahead
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- Improve business process outcomes
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