Tag Archives: Xcode

The secret to enjoying Xcode

Posted on October 23, 2009 by Steven Fisher

One of the things that made me like Xcode more and become more efficient with it is realizing that while all coders are insane, me and Xcode’s designers are insane in different ways. By that, I mean that aside from … Continue reading →

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Xcode and iPhone OS 3.0.1

Posted on July 31, 2009 by Steven Fisher

To get Xcode 3.1.3 working with iPhone OS 3.0.1, you’ll need to teach Xcode how to target iPhone OS 3.0.1. Xcode will automatically recognize iPhone OS 3.0.1 and look for a new SDK at a set path. The problem is … Continue reading →

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Apple's developer documentation website is horrible

Posted on July 22, 2009 by Steven Fisher

Isn’t anyone at Apple even mildly embarrassed about how poor the ADC search results are? Like everyone other Mac developer (at least, those not using a seed… no comment otherwise), I’ve been bit by the Mac OS X 10.5.7 bug … Continue reading →

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Setting up Subversion 1.5 on Xcode

Posted on January 20, 2009 by Steven Fisher

Setting up Subversion 1.5 on Xcode. (Instructions are for Collabnet build, but you can use MacPorts build instead by replacing the path /opt/subversion/lib/ with /opt/local/lib/.)

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Loving Xcode + iPhone SDK

Posted on December 15, 2008 by Steven Fisher

I’ve been full time on an iPhone project (more of a prototype, really) for one day, and I absolutely love it. It’s simple and intuitive. Drop controls, set up outlets and actions. You don’t have to fight the framework. It … Continue reading →

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Two strikes…

Posted on October 18, 2008 by Steven Fisher

Apple’s sample code includes an annoying disclaimer at the top of each file. I can understand the need for a disclaimer, but this code takes it to an obnoxious level: every .h file or .m file you open, you can’t … Continue reading →

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May I please crash now?

Posted on April 3, 2008 by Steven Fisher

This is from Xcode’s Interface Builder. I’ve never seen a more polite assertion failure. It even asks if it’s okay to crash. You don’t see that very often. And keep in mind this is for a tool used by software … Continue reading →

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Xcode's documentation is automatically updated

Posted on October 30, 2007 by Steven Fisher

I hadn’t seen anything about this before: Xcode’s documentation is regularly updated using RSS downloads so you always have the latest information. (Source: developer.apple.com/tools.) This is awesome. I can’t count how many times I’ve ignored documentation updates because the update … Continue reading →

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Apple to Carbon developers: Switch to Cocoa

Posted on July 26, 2007 by Steven Fisher

Despite being promised last year, it looks like Mac OS X 10.5 will not have a 64-bit Carbon. This is actually pretty pathetic – it seems as though Carbon 64 was almost ready. Despite the Carbon team having fewer resources … Continue reading →

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Visual Studio vs. Xcode

Posted on September 13, 2006 by Steven Fisher

Working with Xcode and Visual Studio on a day-to-day basis, it’s natural that I’d compare the two tools. The following is not intended to be an unbiased comparison. These are my opinions only. They’re based on how I work, and … Continue reading →

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