RubyMine vs Xcode

Overview

Xcode

Stacks19.3K

Followers14.7K

Votes213

RubyMine

Stacks596

Followers467

Votes344

RubyMine vs Xcode: What are the differences?

What is RubyMine? The Most Intelligent Ruby and Rails IDE. JetBrains RubyMine IDE provides a comprehensive Ruby code editor aware of dynamic language specifics and delivers smart coding assistance, intelligent code refactoring and code analysis capabilities.

What is Xcode? The complete toolset for building great apps. The Xcode IDE is at the center of the Apple development experience. Tightly integrated with the Cocoa and Cocoa Touch frameworks, Xcode is an incredibly productive environment for building amazing apps for Mac, iPhone, and iPad.

RubyMine and Xcode can be categorized as "Integrated Development Environment" tools.

Some of the features offered by RubyMine are:

Intelligent Ruby Editor
On-the-fly code analysis
Rails Models Diagram, Rails Project View

On the other hand, Xcode provides the following key features:

Source Editor
Assistant Editor
Asset Catalog

"Productive" is the primary reason why developers consider RubyMine over the competitors, whereas "IOS Development" was stated as the key factor in picking Xcode.

Pinterest, 9GAG, and Asana are some of the popular companies that use Xcode, whereas RubyMine is used by Yammer, Movielala, and Verba. Xcode has a broader approval, being mentioned in 1039 company stacks & 585 developers stacks; compared to RubyMine, which is listed in 91 company stacks and 46 developer stacks.

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Detailed Comparison

Xcode	RubyMine
The Xcode IDE is at the center of the Apple development experience. Tightly integrated with the Cocoa and Cocoa Touch frameworks, Xcode is an incredibly productive environment for building amazing apps for Mac, iPhone, and iPad.	JetBrains RubyMine IDE provides a comprehensive Ruby code editor aware of dynamic language specifics and delivers smart coding assistance, intelligent code refactoring and code analysis capabilities.
Source Editor;Assistant Editor;Asset Catalog;OpenGL Frame Capture;Version Editor;Interface Builder Built In;iOS Simulator;Integrated Build System;Continuous Integration;Instrument Library;Command Line Tools	Intelligent Ruby Editor;On-the-fly code analysis;Rails Models Diagram, Rails Project View;RSpec, Cucumber, Shoulda, MiniTest & Test::Unit;JavaScript/CoffeeScript debugger;Git, Subversion, Mercurial, Perforce and CVS integration;Ruby Debugger; Puppet Support;
Statistics
Stacks 19.3K	Stacks 596
Followers 14.7K	Followers 467
Votes 213	Votes 344
Pros & Cons
Pros 130 IOS Development 33 Personal assistant on steroids 29 Easy setup 17 Excellent integration with Clang 3 Beautiful Cons 6 Massively bloated and complicated for smaller projects 3 Horrible auto completiting and text editing 1 Very slow emulator 1 Slow startup	Pros 63 Productive 50 Ruby on rails 39 Ruby 35 Great UI 28 Version control Cons 2 Slow
Integrations
Cocoa Touch (iOS) Cocoa (OS X)	Ruby Rails

What are some alternatives to Xcode, RubyMine?

PhpStorm

PhpStorm is a PHP IDE which keeps up with latest PHP & web languages trends, integrates a variety of modern tools, and brings even more extensibility with support for major PHP frameworks.

IntelliJ IDEA

Out of the box, IntelliJ IDEA provides a comprehensive feature set including tools and integrations with the most important modern technologies and frameworks for enterprise and web development with Java, Scala, Groovy and other languages.

Visual Studio

Visual Studio is a suite of component-based software development tools and other technologies for building powerful, high-performance applications.

WebStorm

WebStorm is a lightweight and intelligent IDE for front-end development and server-side JavaScript.

NetBeans IDE

NetBeans IDE is FREE, open source, and has a worldwide community of users and developers.

PyCharm

PyCharm’s smart code editor provides first-class support for Python, JavaScript, CoffeeScript, TypeScript, CSS, popular template languages and more. Take advantage of language-aware code completion, error detection, and on-the-fly code fixes!

Eclipse

Standard Eclipse package suited for Java and plug-in development plus adding new plugins; already includes Git, Marketplace Client, source code and developer documentation. Click here to file a bug against Eclipse Platform.

Android Studio

Android Studio is a new Android development environment based on IntelliJ IDEA. It provides new features and improvements over Eclipse ADT and will be the official Android IDE once it's ready.

CLion

Knowing your code through and through, CLion can take care of the routine while you focus on the important things. Boost your productivity with the keyboard-centric approach (Vim-emulation plugin is also available in plugin repository), full coding assistance, smart and relevant code completion, fast project navigation, intelligent intention actions, and reliable refactorings.

Pharo

A pure object-oriented programming language and a powerful environment, focused on simplicity and immediate feedback.

Related Comparisons

Some of the features offered by RubyMine are:

Intelligent Ruby Editor
On-the-fly code analysis
Rails Models Diagram, Rails Project View

On the other hand, Xcode provides the following key features:

Source Editor
Assistant Editor
Asset Catalog

"Productive" is the primary reason why developers consider RubyMine over the competitors, whereas "IOS Development" was stated as the key factor in picking Xcode.

RubyMine vs Xcode