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Geany vs Xcode: What are the differences?
What is Geany? Lightweight IDE for Linux and Windows. Geany is a small and lightweight Integrated Development Environment. It was developed to provide a small and fast IDE, which has only a few dependencies from other packages. Another goal was to be as independent as possible from a special Desktop Environment like KDE or GNOME - Geany only requires the GTK2 runtime libraries.
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.
Geany and Xcode belong to "Integrated Development Environment" category of the tech stack.
Some of the features offered by Geany are:
- syntax highlighting
- code completion
- auto completion of often used constructs like if, for and while
On the other hand, Xcode provides the following key features:
- Source Editor
- Assistant Editor
- Asset Catalog
Pros of Geany
- Lightweight6
- Plug-ins5
- Open-source5
- Extensive file-type support3
- Easily changeable2
Pros of Xcode
- IOS Development130
- Personal assistant on steroids33
- Easy setup29
- Excellent integration with Clang17
- Beautiful3
- Built-in everything1
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Cons of Geany
- Less pupular than VS1
Cons of Xcode
- Massively bloated and complicated for smaller projects6
- Horrible auto completiting and text editing3
- Slow startup1
- Very slow emulator1
