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Computer Music: Musc216 Xcode (formerly Project Builder) is Apple's free Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for MacOS X and comes as part of the larger, Developer Tools. Xcode is a powerful Application Programming Interface (API) that consists of a Graphic User Interface (GUI) which can manage all the files in a project, relate to version management systems such as CVS, and relate to the native build system to issue commands to compilers, linkers etc. to build the project. It also contains a class browser and a fully featured code editor and debugger. Xcode is tightly integrated with Interface Builder which enables the simple construction of GUIs for Mac Applications. Interface Builder has a full compliment of WIDGETS, including windows, buttons, text fields, sliders, pop-up menus, etc. Included in the Developer Tools and Xcode package are compilers, linkers, and programming utilities you need to build libraries and applications. The full package must be installed even if you only want to use only a portion. The Developer Tools and Xcode package comes with every copy of MacOS X but is not preinstalled. If you lost your disk or need updates, visit the link below to download the latest version. There you need to sign on as a member of ADC, which is free. Then you can access the downloads section. Apple's OSX comes with many frameworks (a collection of shared object libraries) which allows application developement with Xcode in several popular programming languages including: JAVA, C++, and Objective-C. Apple has it's own verion of Objective-C called COCOA. Other frameworks can be added, including RUBY. Download the LATEST version of Apple's Developer Tools |
