Quillz Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 I've been looking for a nice IDE for Mac OS X. I was thinking of trying TextMate, but it doesn't seem to work out the way I wanted it to. I've also tried things like jGrasp, NetBeans, etc. and they aren't very well integrated for Mac OS X. What about Xcode? I know it's used for developing applications and complex things like that, but is it more or less pretty easy to use for developing things in, say, Java or another object-oriented language? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabron Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 Read more about it: Xcode Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillz Posted October 28, 2009 Author Share Posted October 28, 2009 Hmm... I think I'll give it a try. It might be what I've been looking for. I'm doing a Java programming class right now and have been looking for something that ties in well with Mac OS X. TextMate seems to support Java bundles, but it doesn't do compiling and running very well. Looks like Xcode is better in that regard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliott Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 Xcode does pretty well with Java compiling. Much better than how TextMate handles it. I still just code the Java files in TextMate and then compile them from the command line though. I've just gotten so used to TextMate. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillz Posted October 28, 2009 Author Share Posted October 28, 2009 Xcode does pretty well with Java compiling. Much better than how TextMate handles it. I still just code the Java files in TextMate and then compile them from the command line though. I've just gotten so used to TextMate. :p Okay, I've installed Xcode + all the optional development tools, and... I can't compile. "Cmd+K" is grayed out. Any idea why? And yes, I have a Java file loaded, and yes, it compiled in another editor I used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliott Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 Okay, I've installed Xcode + all the optional development tools, and... I can't compile. "Cmd+K" is grayed out. Any idea why?And yes, I have a Java file loaded, and yes, it compiled in another editor I used. Check this thread: http://forums.macnn.com/79/developer-cente...e-java-project/ It's a little convoluted, but after doing what szymczyk said in that thread, it worked like a charm. I would still recommend just using Eclipse or something over this though. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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