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Xcode

8.3 /10

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What is Xcode?

Xcode adds powerful new team development features, perfect for working with Xcode Cloud as well as with GitHub, Bitbucket, and GitLab collaboration features.

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Awards & Recognition

Xcode won the following awards in the Mobile Application Testing category

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2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

Latest Award, 2023

4 Top Rated Capabilities

5 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2023

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023

2 Top Rated Capabilities

2 Top Rated Features

2022

Xcode Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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89 Likeliness to Recommend

2
Since last award

100 Plan to Renew

81 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

3
Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

+93 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Xcode?

0% Negative

3% Neutral

97% Positive

Pros

Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy

Feature Ratings

Average 82

Virtual Mobile Devices

Development Use

Artifact Management

Process Simulation

Performance Testing

Device and OS Versions Coverage

Automated Testing

Functional Testing

Browser Testing

Test Run Workflow Manager

Dashboards, Analytics and Reporting

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 82

Breadth of Features

Business Value Created

Ease of Implementation

Availability and Quality of Training

Quality of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of IT Administration

Vendor Support

Ease of Customization

Ease of Data Integration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Xcode Reviews

JATIN G.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Electronics
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

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Submitted May 2024

Xcode : Most Powerful Apple Tool for Developers

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Xcode from other similar products?

The most popular Development tool to build the IOS OS application. Awesome feature of being linked and builder of the application using its own powerful engine. Open-source tool. cross-platform devices and can run anywhere. It provides several initials plugins and designs to build the default application for different industries. It can be integrated with third party tools. Maintains its stability across all the Operating Systems. Easy to set up. Supports multiple programming. Provide emulator to provide the real-time experience. High security. Operated through CLI and UI Both

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Open-source and High security tool. cross-platform devices and can run anywhere. The most popular Development tool to build the IOS OS application. It has the integration Artificial intelligence system. It can be integrated with third party tools. Maintains its stability across all the Operating Systems. Easy to set up and provides several inbuilt modules for learning from scratch. Provide emulator to provide the real-time experience. It supports multiple programming languages and also can compare the languages complexity. Operated through CLI and UI Both.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The tool is highly large in size and requires a good amount of storage to install. Initial setup is a challenge. The User interface is a bit more complex. Supports all the functionalities of IOS Applications only. Time for creating the builds is higher than the other available tools. Frequent large updates No multi-environment setup. The build process to run the app on the device is a lengthy process. Require High skill to develop. Cost is higher.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Build the IOS applications and delivered them to the client. Integrated several plugins and engines into the tool and create builds as per the requirements. Perform testing to cover all the test cases automatically. Used the intelligent AI engine to perform real test scenarios. Start the learning from scratch for IOS Developers. Build the IOS applications for the cross-platform and run using the Virtual Devices.

Pros

Reliable
Enables Productivity
Effective Service
Inspires Innovation

Piusi N.

Role: Operations
Industry: Media
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted May 2024

Impressive Solution for Accurate Testing

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Xcode from other similar products?

The product is easy to use compared to similar products as no learning curve is required just the user's general knowledge.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My favorite features of this product are ALM integration and artifact management.

What do you dislike most about this product?

I don’t dislike anything about this product it works seamlessly.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I would recommend this to all software developers as it helps developers who want to create their applications either for iPads or iPhones.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Nikolay V.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Entertainment
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2024

Amazing Product

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Xcode from other similar products?

if you want to code for Apple devices, you must use Xcode. It has a lot of build in SDKs for iOS

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

easy to use, many different SDKs available

What do you dislike most about this product?

sometimes documentation may be unclear

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

if you code for iOS, you need this products with amazing features

Pros

Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy

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Awards & Recognition

2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

Xcode Ratings

89 Likeliness to Recommend

2 Since last award

100 Plan to Renew

81 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

3 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+93 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Xcode?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Virtual Mobile Devices Provides multiple testing environments (Emulator and/or Simulator) to support different operating systems, legacy versions, and support for new versions.

Development Use Supports integrated development environments (IDEs) to allow for easy development and debugging on mobile devices.

Artifact Management Testing artifacts can be readily created, reused, moved, and managed through baselines, reviews, approvals, releases, and audits for projects and products.

Process Simulation Ability to simulate scenarios and environments when testing your mobile apps, including taking photos, scanning QR codes, authentication, 5G vs Wi-Fi etc.

Performance Testing Run tests to ensure application performs consistently and in a stable condition, including load testing, single user performance testing, network virtualization

Device and OS Versions Coverage Support for the mobile devices and OS versions you want to test on and when you need to test on them.

Automated Testing Ability to efficiently perform and execute automated tests of the software, including scripting, record and replay, codeless tests etc.

Functional Testing Ability to efficiently perform and execute manual tests of the software, including view and control device, app install, perform gestures etc.

Browser Testing Test web apps on various desktop and mobile browsers, versions, and OSs.

Test Run Workflow Manager Script, configure, execute and manage automated testing workflows, including parallel testing. Automation is initiated internally by test management solution.

Dashboards, Analytics and Reporting The ability to track and analyze test results such as historic & real-time error reporting, detailed & summary reporting, and data extraction.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Xcode Reviews

JATIN G.

Xcode : Most Powerful Apple Tool for Developers

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Piusi N.

Impressive Solution for Accurate Testing

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Nikolay V.

Amazing Product

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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