It works great for me. If I'm making just minor code tweaks or configuration changes, I stay on Xcode. Whenever I expect to do more coding, I launch AppCode.
I had already been an Intellij user for a few years before starting on iOS projects on the side. At the time, AppCode wasn't available yet, so I had no choice. The more I used Xcode, the more I lamented the lack of choice.
Once AppCode came out, I bought it right away. It's a lot more stable and usable now, and I would definitely recommend it to anyone who has used anything other than Xcode.
If you've been an Xcode user all your life, you don't really know any better, and that's fine, more power to you.
If you've used any other IDE before, you know the features that Xcode lacks, and AppCode is the alternative you've been hoping for.
Thanks. I'm a long-standing IntelliJ user; I ditched Eclipse in favour of it at my day job 4 years ago and I never looked back. Looks like I'll try it.
I had already been an Intellij user for a few years before starting on iOS projects on the side. At the time, AppCode wasn't available yet, so I had no choice. The more I used Xcode, the more I lamented the lack of choice.
Once AppCode came out, I bought it right away. It's a lot more stable and usable now, and I would definitely recommend it to anyone who has used anything other than Xcode.
If you've been an Xcode user all your life, you don't really know any better, and that's fine, more power to you.
If you've used any other IDE before, you know the features that Xcode lacks, and AppCode is the alternative you've been hoping for.