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Is this bait? XCode has been a mainstay of iOS development ever since iOS was introduced and is a successor to Interface Builder on the Mac. Why wouldn’t engin

Is this bait? XCode has been a mainstay of iOS development ever since iOS was introduced and is a successor to Interface Builder on the Mac. Why wouldn’t engineers prefer tools they’ve been using (mostly happily) for a decade+?

s_dev 8mo ago
>Is this bait? I don't think it's a serious question or the person is very young. To answer the question. Xcode is the default IDE for iOS development. The default option will always be a practical choice. JetBrains or Anthropic could get bought by a larger company or dismantled by the government somehow. Should anything happen to Apple (unlikely as that may seem) the entire iOS ecosystem would be gone as well negating any need for a default.
- wahnfrieden 8mo ago
  Some influential iOS devs such as @dimillian and @steipete have moved away from Xcode or even xcodebuild where possible.
  - s_dev 8mo ago
    Which is completely fine. However these are people with lots of experience in Xcode already. People can have preferences including default options.
- mohsen1 8mo ago
  I wish I was young! I have used Xcode in the past. It's just way too slow and anything it does, other IDEs do faster for me.