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08/06/2004, 12:25am, EDT

Friday, August 6th

Apple releases Xcode 1.5 developer tools

Apple today released Xcode 1.5, an update to its development environment for Mac OS X. It adds dead-code stripping, remote debugging, gcc 3.3 improvements for performance, code completion for Java and AppleScript, subversion source-code control system support, native build system support for AppleScript, an enhanced debugger with memory and globals browsers, faster editor performance, Ant templates, documentation bookmarks, and other speed improvements. It runs on Mac OS X 10.3 Panther. It is available for download directly from the Apple Developer Connection Member Site.

Xcode offers project editing, search and navigation, file editing, project building, and debugging facilities for virtually every Mac OS X software projects, including applications, tools, frameworks, libraries, plug-in bundles, kernel extensions, and device drivers. It supports the use of C, C++, Objective C, Objective C++ and Java.


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cmoney
java code completion?
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08/06, 12:48am, EDT
ok, i just installed it and have been wanting code completion so i don't have to shell out for jbuilder on the mac. i guess it kind of works, like it'll finish variables that i've declared myself. except, does anyone know if it can show a list of available methods? like typing "String." should show a list of the methods available for String. is that possible yet on XCode?
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nickolei
code completion
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08/06, 2:22am, EDT
Code completion is not that great in Xcode yet. If you're doing java then for now I'd recommend eclipse ( www.eclipse.org )
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jonbwfc1
Hmm...
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08/06, 3:48am, EDT
The ADC web site says I don't have permission to download 1.5. Oh well....
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techtrucker
Download Issues here too
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08/06, 5:36am, EDT
I've been trying on and off for the past hour or so. I got that permissions error but kept trying and after several attempts finally got in. I was hoping at this hour (5:30 am EDT) that traffic would be light.
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jimothy
JBuilder and Eclipse
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08/06, 7:02am, EDT
CMoney,

Don't shell out money for JBuilder. Eclipse is much better, and its price can't be beat--it's free!

I'm still trying to download XCode 1.5. I'd love to see a Mac-native IDE that's at least approaches the functionality of Eclipse, but I'm not holding my breath for now.
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Oneota
"It adds, [...]"
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08/06, 8:34am, EDT
Ooh! It adds! I've been waiting for that feature FOREVER! No more subtracting negative numbers for me! Thank you Apple! :D

(There's an extra comma in the second sentence, for the humor-impaired)
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hayesk
Re: JBuilder and Eclipse
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08/06, 11:13am, EDT
Does Eclipse have a GUI builder yet? I don't want to type 20 lines of code to add a single button to a window. Nor do I want to type out a layout with Java's stupid layout scheme.
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downloading
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08/06, 1:02pm, EDT
Could not download with Safari after logging into the adc site. But if you log in with mozilla then you can download the xcode segments. Its been like this for a while...
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jimothy
re: Eclipse GUI builder
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08/06, 1:47pm, EDT
No, Eclipse doesn't come with a GUI builder yet. There may be plugins for that, though. I work server-side, so I'm a bit out of touch with what's available.
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heavyboots
jEdit
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08/06, 2:31pm, EDT
Well, as far as programming editors go, jEdit still can't be beat. Of course, I'm writing PHP, not java, so there's no GUI-building features I'm missing by using jEdit or anything...

The extra-cool features of jEdit:
Syntax coloring, code completion (with appropriate plugins), brace matching line in gutter, indent collapsing, abbreviations dictionary (code snippets), etc etc etc.
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