Integrated Development Environments for Objective C - Revision history

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Tools from the GNUstep project

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Tools from the GNUstep project: Added link to page Development tools

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JetBrains CLion

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Tools from the GNUstep project

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Tools from the GNUstep project: Added link to ProjectCenter FAQ

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KDevelop

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Tools from the GNUstep project

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== Tools from the GNUstep project ==

There is an official IDE from the GNUstep project, which is [[ProjectCenter]]. It is actively maintained and developed.

Independent of the IDE you want to use you probably want to rely on [[Gorm]] or [[Renaissance]] for developing graphical user interfaces.

Besides ProjectCenter there are some more IDEs, that might offer some features more, run under Free Software environments and offer support for developing with Objective C.

The IDEs below usually rely on clang. So you benefit most from using them if you develop your applications using clang and the new (ng) GNUstep runtime.

== Free Software or Open Source ==

=== KDevelop ===

[https://www.kdevelop.org/ KDevelop] is the official IDE from the KDE project based on Qt and the KDE libraries. Besides many other languages it supports Objective C. It supports projects that are build upon GNUMakefiles and thus should support GNUstep projects quite well. It is GPL 2 licensed and easily available via the package managers of most distributions and operating systems.

=== Visual Studio Code ===

[https://code.visualstudio.com/ Visual Studio Code] is a relatively small electron (JavaScript) app, shipped as Open Source Software from Microsoft. Besides many other languages it supports Objective C very well. It is MIT licensed and you are expected to obtain it from Microsoft.

== Proprietary ==

=== JetBrains CLion ===

[https://www.jetbrains.com/clion/ JetBrains CLion] is a proprietary, full featured IDE for C and C++ (the framework is well known for Java developers), but also [https://www.jetbrains.com/help/clion/objective-c-c-support.html supporting Objective C].

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 There is an official IDE from the GNUstep project, which is [[ProjectCenter]]. It is actively maintained and developed. For its up- and downsides you may consult the [[ProjectCenter FAQ]].
-Independent of the IDE you may want to use you probably want to rely on [[Gorm]] or [[Renaissance]] for developing graphical user interfaces. For more information on Gorm and ProjectCenter see [[Development tools]].
+Independent of the IDE you may want to use you probably want to rely on [[Gorm]] or [[Renaissance]] for developing graphical user interfaces. For more information on Gorm and ProjectCenter also see [[Development tools]].
 Besides ProjectCenter there are some more IDEs, that run under Free Software environments and offer support for developing with Objective C.

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 There is an official IDE from the GNUstep project, which is [[ProjectCenter]]. It is actively maintained and developed. For its up- and downsides you may consult the [[ProjectCenter FAQ]].
-Independent of the IDE you may want to use you probably want to rely on [[Gorm]] or [[Renaissance]] for developing graphical user interfaces.
+Independent of the IDE you may want to use you probably want to rely on [[Gorm]] or [[Renaissance]] for developing graphical user interfaces. For more information on Gorm and ProjectCenter see [[Development tools]].
 Besides ProjectCenter there are some more IDEs, that run under Free Software environments and offer support for developing with Objective C.

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 === JetBrains CLion ===
-[https://www.jetbrains.com/clion/ JetBrains CLion] is a proprietary, full featured IDE for C and C++ (the framework is well known for Java developers), but also [https://www.jetbrains.com/help/clion/objective-c-c-support.html supporting Objective C].
+[https://www.jetbrains.com/clion/ JetBrains CLion] is a proprietary, full featured IDE for C and C++ (the framework is well known to Java developers), but also [https://www.jetbrains.com/help/clion/objective-c-c-support.html supporting Objective C].
 === Xcode ===
 You are not able to install Xcode using a Free Software environment. But of course it is possible to use Apple's Xcode to develop apps that are based on Foundation and AppKit. Xcode won't create a proper makefile for you. You will have to do that yourself or let ProjectCenter do the work for you. But if you use Xcode's interface builder (formerly "Interface Builder") to create graphical user interfaces utilizing [[XIB]] files instead of storyboards, GNUstep will be able to load and execute these [[XIB]] files as well.

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	[https://www.jetbrains.com/clion/ JetBrains CLion] is a proprietary, full featured IDE for C and C++ (the framework is well known for Java developers), but also [https://www.jetbrains.com/help/clion/objective-c-c-support.html supporting Objective C].		[https://www.jetbrains.com/clion/ JetBrains CLion] is a proprietary, full featured IDE for C and C++ (the framework is well known for Java developers), but also [https://www.jetbrains.com/help/clion/objective-c-c-support.html supporting Objective C].
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		+	=== Xcode ===
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		+	You are not able to install Xcode using a Free Software environment. But of course it is possible to use Apple's Xcode to develop apps that are based on Foundation and AppKit. Xcode won't create a proper makefile for you. You will have to do that yourself or let ProjectCenter do the work for you. But if you use Xcode's interface builder (formerly "Interface Builder") to create graphical user interfaces utilizing [[XIB]] files instead of storyboards, GNUstep will be able to load and execute these [[XIB]] files as well.

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 There is an official IDE from the GNUstep project, which is [[ProjectCenter]]. It is actively maintained and developed. For its up- and downsides you may consult the [[ProjectCenter FAQ]].
-Independent of the IDE you want to use you probably want to rely on [[Gorm]] or [[Renaissance]] for developing graphical user interfaces.
+Independent of the IDE you may want to use you probably want to rely on [[Gorm]] or [[Renaissance]] for developing graphical user interfaces.
 Besides ProjectCenter there are some more IDEs, that run under Free Software environments and offer support for developing with Objective C.

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 === KDevelop ===
-[https://www.kdevelop.org/ KDevelop] is the official IDE from the KDE project based on Qt and the KDE libraries. Besides many other languages it supports Objective C. It supports projects that are build upon GNUMakefiles and thus should support GNUstep projects quite well. It is GPL 2 licensed and easily available via the package managers of most distributions and operating systems.
+[https://www.kdevelop.org/ KDevelop] is the official IDE from the KDE project based on Qt and the KDE libraries. Besides many other languages it supports Objective C. It supports projects that are built upon GNUmakefiles and thus should support GNUstep projects quite well. It is GPL 2 licensed and easily available via the package managers of most distributions and operating systems.
 === Visual Studio Code ===

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 Besides ProjectCenter there are some more IDEs, that might offer some features more, run under Free Software environments and offer support for developing with Objective C.
-The IDEs below usually rely on clang. So you benefit most from using them if you develop your applications using clang and the new (ng) GNUstep runtime.
+The IDEs below usually rely on clang. So you benefit most from using them if you develop your applications using clang and the new (ng) GNUstep runtime ([[ObjC2_FAQ]] | [[Building GNUstep under Debian FreeBSD]]).
 == Free Software or Open Source ==