PyCharm vs RubyMine vs Xcode

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PyCharm

27.3K
23.2K
+ 1
451
RubyMine

599
463
+ 1
344
Xcode

18.8K
14.3K
+ 1
213
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Pros of PyCharm
Pros of RubyMine
Pros of Xcode
  • 112
    Smart auto-completion
  • 93
    Intelligent code analysis
  • 77
    Powerful refactoring
  • 60
    Virtualenv integration
  • 54
    Git integration
  • 22
    Support for Django
  • 11
    Multi-database integration
  • 7
    VIM integration
  • 4
    Vagrant integration
  • 3
    In-tool Bash and Python shell
  • 2
    Plugin architecture
  • 2
    Docker
  • 1
    Django Implemented
  • 1
    Debug mode support docker
  • 1
    Emacs keybinds
  • 1
    Perforce integration
  • 63
    Productive
  • 50
    Ruby on rails
  • 39
    Ruby
  • 35
    Great UI
  • 28
    Version control
  • 22
    Rubby Debugger
  • 17
    Detecting Code Styles
  • 14
    Unit Testing
  • 12
    EditorConfig
  • 9
    Database Tools
  • 5
    RVM as a Remote SDK
  • 5
    Debugger Console
  • 4
    CSS3 Enhancements
  • 4
    Mercurial / Git
  • 4
    Free for Education and Training
  • 3
    Slim Formatter
  • 2
    Inline Variables View
  • 2
    Great UX
  • 2
    Smart Backspace Indent
  • 2
    Easy to use
  • 2
    Free for Open-Source Projects
  • 2
    Free
  • 2
    Go-to-definition actually works
  • 2
    Postfix Code Completion
  • 2
    Better Code Annotations
  • 1
    The run configurations for anything
  • 1
    Unit Testing Help
  • 1
    Chef Integration
  • 1
    Puppet Support
  • 1
    Emmet Preview
  • 1
    PhoneGap/Cordova/Ionic
  • 1
    Scratch Files
  • 1
    Log Viewer
  • 1
    50% Discount for Startups
  • 1
    Free for Students
  • 1
    Free for Teachers
  • 1
    Great Community
  • 130
    IOS Development
  • 33
    Personal assistant on steroids
  • 29
    Easy setup
  • 17
    Excellent integration with Clang
  • 3
    Beautiful
  • 1
    Built-in everything

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Cons of PyCharm
Cons of RubyMine
Cons of Xcode
  • 10
    Slow startup
  • 7
    Not very flexible
  • 6
    Resource hog
  • 3
    Periodic slow menu response
  • 1
    Pricey for full features
  • 2
    Slow
  • 6
    Massively bloated and complicated for smaller projects
  • 3
    Horrible auto completiting and text editing
  • 1
    Slow startup
  • 1
    Very slow emulator

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What is 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!

What is RubyMine?

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 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.

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What are some alternatives to PyCharm, RubyMine, and Xcode?
Atom
At GitHub, we're building the text editor we've always wanted. A tool you can customize to do anything, but also use productively on the first day without ever touching a config file. Atom is modern, approachable, and hackable to the core. We can't wait to see what you build with it.
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.
Jupyter
The Jupyter Notebook is a web-based interactive computing platform. The notebook combines live code, equations, narrative text, visualizations, interactive dashboards and other media.
Visual Studio Code
Build and debug modern web and cloud applications. Code is free and available on your favorite platform - Linux, Mac OSX, and Windows.
Anaconda
A free and open-source distribution of the Python and R programming languages for scientific computing, that aims to simplify package management and deployment. Package versions are managed by the package management system conda.
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