Xcode

Xcode includes everything developers need to create great applications for Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. Xcode provides developers a unified workflow for user interface design, coding, testing, and debugging. The Xcode IDE combined with the Cocoa frameworks and Swift programming language make developing apps easier and more fun than ever before. Xcode includes the Xcode IDE, Swift and Objective-C compilers, Instruments analysis tool, simulators, the latest SDKs, and hundreds of powerful features.

Note: Now requires OS X 10.12.6 or later.

• Refactoring makes it easy to modify the structure of Swift, Objective-C, C, and C++ code
• Code editor is blazingly fast and responsive and adds native support for Markdown syntax
• Fix-its apply multiple improvements to your code in a single click, and can even add required protocol methods
• New Source Control navigator and integrated GitHub accounts make it easy to manage code across a team
• Wireless installation and debugging for iOS and tvOS apps on devices over the network
• Simulator looks and behaves more like a real device and can simulate multiple devices at a time
• iOS playground templates create documents that work in both Xcode and Swift Playgrounds on iPad
• Find navigator is incredibly fast and results show up instantly
• Project navigator automatically keeps files and groups in sync with Finder and source control
• Xcode Server no longer requires macOS Server and can be fully configured in Xcode preferences
• Next-generation build system improves reliability and performance when building many projects (optionally enabled)
• Swift 4 compiler can also build Swift 3 code to enable staged migration, one module at a time
• Latest SDKs include the Core ML framework for machine learning and ARKit for augmented reality