over the past year I have used Android Studio off and on and don't really care for it much, though it's better after some configuration (like double click to change files in the project nav, what?). I guess it's what you are used to, I have been using Xcode for years and like it quite a bit. Please let me know also what do you think of it. I downloaded JetBrains AppCode IDE for trial. There are other things that I do not like at all about Xcode. And I use the above mentioned IDEs daily and switching to Xcode and thinking of working on it is tiring. Xcode is highly unusable and works inferior when compared to these. I changed several wallpapers with multiple plain colors, disabled wallpaper tinting. The window color, active tab color and inactive tab colors are just confusing in both Dark and Light modes. When debugging, the current debugger execution flow just does not go to the opened file, rather it opens that file again in the current tab.
When I change some code or add some enums, classes or constants they would not appear on other files on intellisense menus.Īuto Complete is super slow. Xcode windowing of files, splitting files etc. They are just amazing when compared to Xcode in 10s of most important things. I work on IntelliJ (Android Studio included), VS Code. The journey has been tiring to be honest. I am sure it has little to do with the Xcode problems that I am going to mention. This is the default test class.I am working on 16 GB RAM macOS and I believe it is decent. Let's figure out whether we can use state-of-the-art development tools to somehow simplify life.Ĭode formatting in IDEAAfter importing the project, press Ctrl+N and go to the AppTest class. When importing, set the " Use autoimport" checkbox. Now in the welcome window, run " Import Project" and import our new project. you see the code editor and project tree), close this project using File -> Close Project. If you see a window with an open project (i.e. Let's go to a new directory and run the following command there:Īfter that, start IntelliJ IDEA. Gradle has a great plugin: Build Init Plugin. It will let us get started quickly by creating a new project from a template. We'll use the Gradle build automation system. For example, in the vast expanses of the web, you can find the Google Java Style Guide and the Twitter Java Style Guide.įor this review, we need a test subject. Of course, as with ordinary language, conventions may change depending on where a language is used. What would it be like for someone who needs to check in a fix in just one method, but finds the whole file changed due to differences in spaces and tabs? Imagine the utter nightmare that version control would become if indentation was inconsistent, some people using tabs and other people using spaces. The rules for Java code are given in the document Code Conventions for the Java Programming Language.Ĭoding conventions can also regulate smaller details, such as indentation. And in Java, starting a method's name with a capital letter is a gross violation of coding conventions. For example, in polite society, wRiTiNg LiKe ThIs would be considered bad manners. As with any language, some formatting conventions have been adopted in programming. But you too should understand it as you learn about the Java language. And this resource showed you code that the computer understands. When you started learning a programming language, you looked at books or some educational resource like CodeGym. But you can't have a personal conversation with a computer. The only difference is that it is a special language whose main purpose is to facilitate communication with a computer in order to explain to the computer what we want it to do. A programming language is very similar to a spoken language.