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> Get a nice IDE, QtCreator, Clion, VC++ Community, KDevelop, XCode. No, not Xcode. Apple is not enthusiastic about c++ support and using Xcode is nice for deb
by hellofunk 9y ago
> Get a nice IDE, QtCreator, Clion, VC++ Community, KDevelop, XCode.
No, not Xcode. Apple is not enthusiastic about c++ support and using Xcode is nice for debugging only, but write your code in something else. A lot of Mac devs will use Clion or for me, emacs, and then deploy or debug with Xcode when necessary.
Xcode doesn't format a lot of C++11 features properly and it's just a bad editor in general, even if you are using an "Apple-approved" language, which is why a lot of Swift/ObjC devs still use another JetBrains product, AppCode, for actual editing.
- pjmlp 9y agoIt is been awhile, I know Apple is mainly Objective-C/Swift shop but given the C++ use on IO Kit and Metal shaders I thought XCode had improved meanwhile.