JetBrains unveils AppCode IDE for C developers

PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC: JetBrains, creators of productivity-enhancing development tools has announced the availability of AppCode, a new IDE for Objective-C developers.

According to the release, much like other JetBrains IDEs, AppCode's code analysis routines and a smart editor enables intelligent code completion, refactorings, auto-import, one-click code navigation, automatic code formatting and other productivity features.

That, along with transparent integration with Xcode, makes AppCode a powerful tool not only for professional Objective-C developers but also for those just joining the ever-growing iOS developers camp.

"Our goal with AppCode is to help developers maintain the high quality of their application code so it equals the high standards for UI and user experience that iOS and Mac OS platforms apply," said Maxim Shafirov, the AppCode project lead at JetBrains.

"After 11+ years of successful IDE development, we have formed a set of development best practices and code quality standards that we think will benefit the fast-evolving community of Objective-C developers," added Shafirov.

Besides its smart code authoring and navigation abilities, the release further added that AppCode 1.0 offers Xcode interoperability, Integrated graphical debugger over either GDB or LLDB, running and debugging iOS applications on a device or in a simulator, visual unit test runner for OCUnit.

Features includes:

* Automatic memory leak detection with appropriate quick-fix option.
* Support of the latest iOS 5 features, like Automatic Reference Counting.
* Version Control Systems integration

"Thanks to tight integration with the existing set of tools provided by Apple, we can see AppCode quickly becoming a key tool in the arsenal of professional Objective-C developers," added Shafirov.