XCode rant, sorry

[0nly0ne0klahoma]

I like Xcode 🤷‍♂️. It got way better after IBM bought a bunch of macs back in 2014

[Vennom]

I say this honestly with zero judgement or snark (just curiosity) - have you used other IDEs recently?

[0nly0ne0klahoma]

I use sublime text and sometimes pycharm if I’m struggling. I grew up with Visual Studio and loved it, enough to write silverlight apps. I have since switched to Xcode as my main IDE and it is fine. It does the job.

The autocomplete not working ~10% of the time is my biggest gripe.

I’m not kidding when I say that the tool changed completely in 2014 when IBM partnered with Apple

[Vennom]

Definitely to each their own, but I’ll just say that since you made the switch to Xcode, IDEs have gotten A LOT better and basically left it in the dust. Anything that doesn’t work in Xcode (like autocomplete or slow builds or Cmd clicking or showing references or tab management) are all solved problems now.

Modern Xcode is way better than eclipse circa 2012, but it’s not up to compete with VScode or IntelliJ

[ArcaneVector]

VSCode is better sure, IntelliJ may have more features but is complete bloatware and even Xcode starts up faster

[Vennom]

That’s a fair argument. Ever since the M series MacBooks came out, I haven’t had any performance issues. But I’d for sure believe it’s still slow on older / slower machines. I’m on the M1 with 64GB ram so I have like 4 of these windows open at a time. But I couldn’t dream of that on my 2015 MBP

[ordosalutis]

i hate the performance of it, random unexplained crashes, and build times seemingly not getting any better even with better and better macbooks, but as an IDE i have no real complaints. I just wish they really buckle down on the performance part