Project Builder

Project Builder is Apple's integrated development environment (IDE) for Mac OS X. It is designed to fully support all of the major platform initiatives of Mac OS X, such as the Carbon and Cocoa frameworks, Java, and the new application packaging mechanisms.

Project Builder provides project editing, search and navigation, file editing, project building, and debugging facilities for all types of Mac OS X software projects, including applications, tools, frameworks, libraries, plug-in bundles, kernel extensions, and device drivers. It supports the use of C, C++, Objective C, and Java.

Project Builder leverages numerous other tools available with Mac OS X, such as the Interface Builder user interface construction application, compilers such as gcc, javac, and jikes, and debuggers such as gdb.

Features | Availability | Support | Frequently Asked Questions

Features

Project Builder 1.0 includes the following new features (and many more):

Build Styles: You can create multiple sets of customized build settings for a given project target (i.e. development and deployment build styles), depending upon what that target is being build for.
Source code Indexing: C, C++, Objective-C and Java can all be indexed to provide function pop-ups, command-double-click definition searches, and other features.
Find Options Sets: Lets you define and save your find options to help you search through source code more effectively.
Bookmarks: A new bookmarks tab lets you store and organize code bookmarks on a per-user basis.
Customizable toolbar: Like Finder, Project Builder now sports a toolbar that you can customize to work in a way that fits you best.
Darwin support: New functionality lets you build Darwin projects using Project Builder.
Framework Reference Browsing: Now you can browse the contents of umbrella frameworks added to your project from within Project Builder.

Availability

The Developer Tools for Mac OS X 10.0, including Project Builder 1.0 and the other development/performance/UI tools, ship on a separate CD inside the Mac OS X box. Thus, everyone who buys Mac OS X also receives a free copy of the Developer Tools.

Support

The following support resources are available for Project Builder:

Project Builder documentation packaged with the application in the Help menu.
The Project Builder FAQ.
Project Builder mailing list
Contact Us for information on Apple developer assistance programs.
Visit http://developer.apple.com/membership/ for more information about ADC Program membership options.

Frequently Asked Questions

The Project Builder FAQ is a good starting point to look if you have questions. If the information you need is not there or in the documentation packaged with Project Builder, then try the mailing list.

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