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XCode for Visual Studio Users

Here’s another older article that I reckon I should just get out of the queue. As a pretty hardcore Visual Studio user, my initial experience with XCode was awful. After using it for a while, XCode isn’t so bad. I still prefer VS as it’s more mature, but here are things that I had problems with and fixed:

Problem: It opened more windows than I can keep track of. Answer: Turn on the three pane mode. **Problem:**I was unable to figure out the auto-complete keyboard code! I asked two or three different Mac people, and no-one understood the circle icon which was supposed to be the keyboard shortcut. **Answer:**It’s the Escape key! So much for being intuitive!

Random neat things about XCode!

Not so neat things:

From Windows to Mac

I’m not a convert, but I’ve had to jump over to port a project I’ve been working on. Here are some of my thoughts about it:

The Good

The Bad

Stuff to explore

The Summary

After actually using the Mac for a while, I like it. Having a nice looking Unix box is a good time. As I said above I’m not a convert. But it is a pleasant environment to work in. For day to day things, I’m just using Firefox and Emacs on both platforms, so it’s not too different. Windows and Mac are basically two flavors of kool-ade, but they’re both just a lot of sugar.