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After a decade as a Java (and Kotlin) dev I recently got to work on an iOS app. The transition from Jetbrains products to Xcode has been painful, to say the least.

I tried appcode before it was retired, and it was a much better experience all around. I can’t understand why Apple insists on maintaining this pile of crap instead of working with JB like Google.

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I can’t understand why Apple insists on maintaining this pile of crap…

I mean if they’re using Xcode to maintain Xcode, then that’s your answer.

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I’m in the same boat, been working on Android apps personally and professionally for about 6 years and recently had to do some work for our iOS app and I’ve spent every minute wishing I could use a JetBrains product instead

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I see the blank lines being included is odd, is that it? Why are the other lines being underlined?

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Because two of them are strings, and one is a declaration of an extension. None of which are of type User.

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All you searched was “User”, ignoring case. You didn’t search the type of user, so it correctly returned lines with “user” in it like “private var username”

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If what you’re saying is true, that’s an even more WTF because I’m searching for User references, and not the text “[Uu]ser”.

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Xcode seems to get worse with each release.

The really basic things that it’s missing are frustrating too, like bookmarks. This has been a feature of every other IDE I’ve used since '98 when I started programing in VB6.

A few versions ago they removed the ability to tear a tab out of the IDE to have it open separately.

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A few versions ago they removed the ability to tear a tab out of the IDE to have it open separately.

WTF why? Do XCode devs not use their own product or something???

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I was actually looking to add Swift to my list of languages but if Xcode is this shitty, it’s kind of a deterrent.

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Swift has its own problems. But don’t let either of those facts stop you.

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You only need Xcode to Swift for Apple platforms

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I mean in a way the ? makes it an uncertain question because it is optional, so in a way you’re absolutely right to think that way.

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