A text editor/IDE developed by Apple Inc.
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Xcode is Apple's suite of tools for developing software on Mac OS X. Xcode 2, the latest version, is bundled free with Mac OS X v10.4, though is not installed by default. The latest version is version 2.4.1; it contains "stability, performance, and security enhancements"[1] and is available for free from Apple Developer Connection.
The main application of the suite is the integrated development environment (IDE), also named Xcode. The Xcode suite also includes most of Apple's developer documentation, and Interface Builder, an application used to construct graphical interfaces.
The Xcode suite includes the free software GNU Compiler Collection (GCC), and can compile C, C++, Objective-C, Objective-C++, Java, and AppleScript, source code with a variety of programming models, including but not limited to Cocoa, Carbon, and Java. Third parties have added support for GNU Pascal,[2] Free Pascal[3], Ada[4] and Perl[5]. The Xcode suite uses GDB as the back-end for its debugger.
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| Website: | developer.apple.com |
| License: | Free |
| Version: | 3.2 |
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What can I say? The best ever development tools for Mac OS X and best of all its totally free. Even complete newbies can make beautiful looking and powerful programs using Xcode/Developer Tools.
One of the best applications that comes with your Mac.