Xcode Gems - Loving the most hated IDE again

Xcode is probably the most hated IDE out there.
Programming in any language start with an IDE. Getting to know your IDE makes you productive - so in this talk I'll go back to basics. I'm here to show you how to make Xcode awesome again. I'll talk about setting up Xcode to fit your needs to make you work faster. Keybindings, behaviors, breakpoints, snippets, build phases, themes, Source Editor Extensions and add some external tools like SwiftLint and depcheck to fill in Xcode's blanks.

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1. Xcode Hidden Gems
   Loving the most hated IDE again (Or bending Xcode to your will)
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2. Topics
   • Keybindings
   • Themes & Fonts
   • Behaviours
   • Breakpoints
   • Search
   • Snippets & Text expanding
   • Source Editor Extension (Plugins)
   • External tools: SwiftLint & depcheck
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3. Keybindings
   The Most essential ones:
   ⌘⇧O - Quick Open File
   ⌘t - new tab
   ⌘0 / ⌘⌥0 - toggle left/right panel
   ⌘⌥↩ / ⌘↩ - Split Code / Single code View
   ⌘⇧Y - toggle console
   ⌘⇧J - Jump to current file
   ⌘⌥⇧F - Find and Replace all in Workspace.
   ⌘G - Cycle search results
   ctrl⌘J - Look at header / implementation
   ⌘[ or ⌘] - Move line [up/down].
   Demo!
   More here cheatsheetapp.com
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4. Search
   • Find text, references and definitions
   • Delete results with backspace, so less clutter
   Demo!
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5. Themes
   Find them on codethemes.net
   Path:
   ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/UserData/FontAndColorThemes
   Demo!
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6. Fonts
   Use a font that is readable. Maybe one that
   uses ligatures?
   • Fira Code
   • Monoid
   • Hasklig
   • Fixedsys
   More on programmingfonts.org/list
   Demo!
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7. Behaviours
   Adaptive Xcode UI.
   Demo!
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8. Breakpoints
   • User breakpoints (for all projects)
   • Project breakpoints
   Path:
   ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/UserData/xcdebugger
   Demo!
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9. Snippets - Text
   expanding
   • Native to macOS (Preferences + Edit
   㱺 Format 㱺 Substitutions)
   • Xcode - Drag drop code to create snippet
   • Snippets can be shared in team.
   Path:
   ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/UserData/CodeSnippets
   Demo!
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10. Snippet Sharing
    cd ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/UserData
    rm -R CodeSnippets
    ln -s {location_of_repo}/ios_codesnippets CodeSnippets
    Full explanation bit.ly/xcsnippets
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11. Plugins
    Let's create a plugin.
    XCSourceEditorCommandInvocation
    • buffer
    • lines
    • selection
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12. External tools
    • SwiftLint (github.com/realm/SwiftLint)
    • depcheck (github.com/wojteklu/
    depcheck)
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13. The End.
    Thank you!
    All code will be on github.com/funky-monkey/XcodeGemsTalk
    Contact me via Twitter:
    @sidneydekoning
    @iheartswiftlang
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