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Xcode 5 lets you control how many of lines of text appear in the issue navigator for errors, warnings, and static analyzer issues.

A new compiler feature in Xcode 5 is modules.

If you open a xib file or storyboard in Xcode 5, you should see the following set of buttons at the bottom of the canvas: These buttons allow you to perform common auto layout tasks.

Apple did not make a lot of changes to the Organizer in Xcode 5, but you can read about them here.

Normally I don’t link to other blogs, but the following post shows how to get Xcode to show Quick Help documentation for the properties and methods you write, covering almost everything I would have covered in an original post: Documentation in Xcode 5 Ge…

Xcode 5 adds two new file templates to the Resources group under both iOS and Mac OS X.

Xcode 5 adds a new blame for line feature that lets you see who changed a line of code without having to switch to the version editor.

XCTest does not currently have built-in support for mock objects so you’ll need an external framework like OCMock for mock object support.

Xcode 5 has a naming change for the Allocations instrument in Instruments.

If you create a new iOS application project in Xcode 5, you will notice there is no checkbox to use storyboards.

One of the biggest areas of change in Xcode 5 involves unit testing.

I’ve indirectly mentioned changes to the project editor in two previous posts.

Xcode 5 introduces a new xib file format that works better with version control.

Update: October 22, 2013 # Apple made some changes to the documentation viewer in Xcode 5.0.1.

If you look at your project’s build settings in Xcode 5, you will see there is no button at the bottom of the project editor to add conditional and user-defined build settings.

This post covers the changes in version control support in Xcode 5.

Xcode 4 had a Breakpoints button in the toolbar to toggle running and debugging your project.

If you open the project editor in Xcode 5, you will notice there is no button to add a build phase to a target.

Xcode 5 is now available to download from the Mac App Store.

SDL 2.0 has been released, which changes the way you create OpenGL contexts.

The electronic version of Xcode Tools Sensei is now free to download.

I rebuilt my site using the Twitter Bootstrap framework.

I have a detached retina in my right eye.

Xcode 4.6 is out.

When writing a 2D game in OpenGL, you generally draw texture-mapped quads.

I recently attended a Cocoaheads meeting where I was introduced to CocoaPods.

The print version of my Xcode book has been updated for Xcode 4.5.

I have updated the electronic version of my Xcode book for Xcode 4.5 and iOS 6.

Xcode 4.5 is now available at the Mac App Store.

When you create a Cocoa or iOS application project, the New Project Assistant has a Class Prefix text field that lets you assign a prefix to class files you create.

One of the new features in Xcode 4.4 involves viewing and editing 3D scenes in Xcode.

I have updated the electronic version of my Xcode book for Xcode 4.4 and Mountain Lion.

With Apple transitioning from GCC to LLVM, one thing that was lost was support for code coverage, which measures how much of your code executed when running.

If you’re a Mac developer looking for a text editor, you may be interested to know that Text Mate 2 is now open source.

I found the following job listing on Yahoo’s mac-dev-jobs list: We are developing developing a software for iPad to make IOS apps without coding!

Xcode 4.4 is now out for Mac OS X 10.7 and 10.8.

If you’re making a Windows game, one of the tasks you must perform is to create an installer for the game.

One task every word game must perform is determining whether or not the word the player creates is a valid word.

I have seen many questions from people on various forums who want to use Xcode 4 on Snow Leopard but can’t find it.

In a previous post I covered how to setup OCUnit unit testing in Xcode 4.

Xcode ships with OCUnit, which allows you to unit test Objective-C code.

I have read many posts on Apple’s free developer forums from people having problems downloading and installing Xcode from the App Store.

When you launch Xcode, the default behavior is to open a welcome window.

When you create a pyglet window, pyglet sets up an OpenGL orthographic projection for the window.

Apple recently released Xcode 4.3.

Pyglet is a technology to write cross-platform OpenGL games and applications in Python.

Apple changed the format for project templates in Xcode 4.

For those of you who don’t know what it is, Redmine is a tool for managing software projects and tracking bugs and other issues.

When you add a text view to your application using Interface Builder you get access to the text view’s default contextual menu.

The User Interface instrument records the user interaction with your Mac application and lets you replay the recording.