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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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.
(There's an extra comma in the second sentence, for the humor-impaired)
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.