Project Builder

The primary Cocoa development tool is called Project Builder. It provides an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for writing, compiling, and debugging Cocoa applications using Objective-C, Objective-C++, AppleScript, or Java. Apple uses a modified version of gcc, the Gnu Compiler Collection, to compile Objective-C and Objective-C++. A modified version of gdb, the Gnu debugger, is used to debug applications. Project Builder wraps the Gnu tools and hides their command line nature from developers. Project Builder users do not need to use the Gnu tools directly. Project Builder integrates most development activities including editing code into one application.

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