What's in my iOS toolbox? • Hacker News Board

Re: What's in my iOS toolbox?

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Post by zw » Thu, Jan 30, 2014, 5:23 PM UTC

emp wrote: post #18

http://www.jetbrains.com/objc/ AppCode, the IDE that is an extension of my brain. Wonderful inspection abilities at breakpoints. Superlative refactoring and completion. And so very much more. http://injectionforxcode.com Injection for XCode and AppCode for hot code injection so that I launch the simulator once and code interactively over many, many changes. https://github.com/robertwijas/UISS UISS so I can interactiv…

I rely on AppCode's tools often, but I can't get past the icky-slow-Java-app feeling for everyday use. Do you just put up with it or is there a "Don't feel slow" checkbox I'm missing?

Re: What's in my iOS toolbox?

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Post by edsancha » Thu, Jan 30, 2014, 5:31 PM UTC

austinl wrote: post #11

I'd recommend http://www.objc.io/ under Continuous Learning. http://www.mobile-patterns.com/ is also good for design/inspiration, curated by a former Foursquare designer

I forgot http://www.objc.io/ in my first draft... quickly added it later. Mobile patterns seems similar to pttrns and looks good to... Thanks !

Re: What's in my iOS toolbox?

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Post by edsancha » Thu, Jan 30, 2014, 5:42 PM UTC

Thanks everyone for the feedback!

I must say that the list wasn't a full list of resources but the ones that I normally use. There are a lot of useful tools and resources most of the tasks can be done by several apps. The point was giving other people a starting point and getting feedback in new apps.

For example, I've been using PS and I've never liked GIMP ... not sure why. But hearing suggestions, like Sketch and Pixelmator, is motivating to start using them.

Another point is price (not value). There're a lot of tools that I find great but expensive for a single developer. I don't say that I wouldn't use them but... the post was getting super long and it wouldn't reflect what I normally use/check on a daily/weekly basis.

Thanks again!

Re: What's in my iOS toolbox?

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Post by emp » Thu, Jan 30, 2014, 11:09 PM UTC

melling wrote: post #27

emp wrote: post #18

http://www.jetbrains.com/objc/ AppCode, the IDE that is an extension of my brain. Wonderful inspection abilities at breakpoints. Superlative refactoring and completion. And so very much more. http://injectionforxcode.com Injection for XCode and AppCode for hot code injection so that I launch the simulator once and code interactively over many, many changes. https://github.com/robertwijas/UISS UISS so I can interactiv…

Have you tried Reveal or SparkInspector? http://revealapp.com http://sparkinspector.com

Just a little. The next time I am brought onto an existing project, I will use one of them. For my own code, I generally know how I have built things. I have my own debugging categories to dump view and controller hierarchies.

To make "code visible" as I use an app, I wrote a category that logs -viewDidLoad -viewDidAppear and anything else one wants: https://github.com/mediumbear/LoggingInterceptor Very handy, never ask "what is this controller called again?", just look in the console.

Re: What's in my iOS toolbox?

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Post by emp » Thu, Jan 30, 2014, 11:13 PM UTC

zw wrote: post #31

emp wrote: post #18

http://www.jetbrains.com/objc/ AppCode, the IDE that is an extension of my brain. Wonderful inspection abilities at breakpoints. Superlative refactoring and completion. And so very much more. http://injectionforxcode.com Injection for XCode and AppCode for hot code injection so that I launch the simulator once and code interactively over many, many changes. https://github.com/robertwijas/UISS UISS so I can interactiv…

I rely on AppCode's tools often, but I can't get past the icky-slow-Java-app feeling for everyday use. Do you just put up with it or is there a "Don't feel slow" checkbox I'm missing?

That is interesting, I feel AppCode it is faster than XCode on my machine: 11" Air with 8 megs. I generally have XCode, AppCode and IDEA running and it is all smooth.

Do you have an SSD? I have a 27" iMac that I use as an external screen, because the HDD makes me crazy.

Re: What's in my iOS toolbox?

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Post by emp » Thu, Jan 30, 2014, 11:18 PM UTC

frenger wrote: post #20

emp wrote: post #18

http://www.jetbrains.com/objc/ AppCode, the IDE that is an extension of my brain. Wonderful inspection abilities at breakpoints. Superlative refactoring and completion. And so very much more. http://injectionforxcode.com Injection for XCode and AppCode for hot code injection so that I launch the simulator once and code interactively over many, many changes. https://github.com/robertwijas/UISS UISS so I can interactiv…

I feel way faster using appcode - their refactoring is so powerful.

For me it is that I can trust the refactoring implicitly, and undo works everywhere just in case.

After XCode did some very creative refactoring one too many times, I simply lost trust in it. Perhaps things have improved in newer versions, but there is still too much missing: completions that are really intelligent, as well as intelligent templates.

With AppCode, it's become a game of how few keystrokes I can type to have it complete. It feels like 10% must of the time. The guesses it makes are great and what I would use most of the time, almost magical.