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Xcode vs Visual Studio

The tools and services provided by various integrated development environments (IDEs) help developers to accelerate mobile app development and testing. Developers have option to choose from a wide range of IDEs according to type of mobile apps and targeted mobile platforms. Both Xcode and Visual Studio are widely used integrated development environments for mobile app development. Apple has developed Xcode as a suite of software development tools for MacOS. The tools provided by Xcode helps developers to build applications for a number of Apple devices – iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple TV.

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Xcode vs Visual Studio

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  1.  The tools and services provided by various integrated development environments (IDEs) help developers to accelerate mobile app development and testing.  Developers have option to choose from a wide range of IDEs according to type of mobile apps and targeted mobile platforms. Both Xcode and Visual Studio are widely used integrated development environments for mobile app development. Apple has developed Xcode as a suite of software development tools for MacOS.  The tools provided by Xcode helps developers to build applications for a number of Apple devices – iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple TV.  On the other hand, Microsoft has developed Visual Studio as a fully-featured integrated development environment for various platforms and programming language.  Visual Studio allows programmers to write web applications, web services, mobile apps, and cloud-based apps in a number of programming languages.  The tools and services provided by Visual Studio also help developers to build mobile apps for three major mobile platforms – iOS, Android, and Windows Mobile.  Hence, it becomes essential for mobile app developers to understand important differences between Xcode vs Visual Studio to choose the right IDE for their next project.

  2. Comparing Two Widely Used IDEs: Xcode vs Visual Studio Supported Platforms  As noted earlier, Xcode is designed as a suite of software development tools for MacOS.  A developer can use Xcode to build applications for various Apple platforms – iOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS.  On the other hand, Visual Studio enables developers to build applications by targeting various devices and platforms.  A developer can avail the tools and services provided by Visual Studio to build websites, web applications, web services, mobile apps, and cloud applications.  He can even use Visual Studio to build mobile apps for iOS, Android, and Windows Mobile.

  3. Supported Programming Languages  Both Xcode and Visual Studio support a number of widely used programming languages. Xcode supports the source code written in C, C++, Objective-C, Objective-C++, Java, JavaScript, Python, Ruby, or Swift.  But it requires developers to write iOS apps in Objective-C or Swift. At the same time, Visual Studio also supports C, C++, C#, F#, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and TypeScript natively.  Also, it allows programmers to work with Ruby, Python, M and NodeJS through specific plug-ins.  While using Visual Studio, developers can write mobile apps for iOS in C# through Xamarin.

  4. Various Editions  Apple updates Xcode regularly to enable programmers to build apps for latest versions of iOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS. But it allows developers download a single edition of Xcode.  A developer can download the latest version of Xcode directly from the Apple Developers website.  But Microsoft currently allows developers to choose from three distinct editions of Visual Studio according to their preferred operating system.  A developer has option to choose from Visual Studio for Windows, Visual Studio for macOS and Visual Studio for Linux.  However, the macOS and Linux editions of Visual Studio currently lack some of the robust features that developers can avail while running Visual Studio on Windows.

  5. Mobile App Development  Both Xcode and Visual Studio make it easier for iOS app developers to build mobile apps for iOS platform by providing a variety of tools and services. But Xcode supports iOS natively.  It enables developers to write native iOS apps in Objective-C or Swift. Also, Apple updates Xcode regularly to leverage the new features provided by the latest version of iOS.  On the other hand, Visual Studio enables programmers to make the same app available on iOS, Android, and Windows Mobile through Xamarin.  The developers can take advantage of Xamarin to build cross-platform mobile apps with a single and shared code base written in C#. But the mobile app will deliver native user experience on iOS platform by accessing native user interfaces (UIs) and application programming interfaces (APIs).

  6. Code Debugging  Both Xcode and Visual Studio provide robust debugging options and tools. While developing an iOS app, the developers can use Xcode Debugger to identify and eliminate problems in the code.  The Xcode Debugger further starts running automatically each time the app is launched. The developers can use Xcode Debugger to locate coding problem, review the control flow and data structure, make rectify the coding error, and run the revises app.  On the other hand, the built-in debugger provided by Visual Studio helps developers to speed up debug loop.  The developers can even use specific extensions provided by Visual Studio to debug the apps written in PHP, Ruby, Python, and C#.

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