Tips & Tricks

Code documentation can save you a lot of time and headaches. On the other hand, it also takes a lot of effort to write and maintain it. In this article, we will look at the AppCode features that can help you create detailed and well-structured code documentation and keep it updated after code refact…

AppCode is constantly analyzing your code to find parts that can be improved. It provides sets of code inspections and intention actions for each supported language for this exact purpose. Inspections locate unused or redundant code, syntax errors, probable bugs, spelling mistakes, obsolete or redun…

Navigating through files and source code, especially in complex projects, can eat up a lot of time, which is why it is essential to learn how to move around quickly in your IDE. AppCode provides plenty of navigation features that can help you move faster. In this blog post, we’ll take a look at some…

In this short article we’ll take a look at various AppCode features that are useful for server-side Swift development, as now you can open standalone SPM projects in AppCode on macOS. Check out and open the project On the Welcome screen, click the Get from VCS button and enter the address of the Fe…

AppCode’s code generation features allow you to avoid having to type in lots of the standard code constructs. With one click, you can add initializers to your classes, implement and override methods, or create properties. In this blog post, we will show how you can use these features in your Swift c…

Live templates are one of the most powerful coding assistance features in AppCode. You can create a template for any code chunk and quickly add it to your code whenever you need it. In this blog post, we will show you how to use predefined live templates, and also how to create new ones and share th…

In this blog post, we will talk about the most useful basic AppCode actions that can help you edit code much faster. Once you learn these shortcuts and start using them regularly, you’ll come to realize just how much time they save you. 1. Duplicate a line Place the caret at the line you want to dup…

In this tutorial, we will write simple unit tests in AppCode using different testing frameworks — XCTest and Quick/Nimble. You will learn how to create test classes and targets, run and debug tests, explore test coverage, and more. Requirements: AppCode 2019.3 or later Xcode 11 or later Initia…

Like other IntelliJ-based IDEs, AppCode is extremely flexible when it comes to configuring the way it looks. By customizing your set of tool windows and menus at hand, font colors and sizes, and a lot of other settings you can make your development environment as comfortable and visually pleasing as…

In this tutorial, we will guide you through the most popular Git operations used on a daily basis and show how they can be performed from the AppCode user interface. You will learn how to add projects to the Git repository, share them on GitHub, commit and push changes, create and merge branches, in…