Why AppCode is Nice

AppCode check for you to see if resources exist.

via reader @fpillet:

AppCode's got semi-automatic property synthesis for you when you need it most!

AppCode makes it easier to make your models mutable.

This shortcut will put a readonly property definition in your interface file, and a readwrite definition in a private category in your implementation file. It'll even create the private category if one doesn't already exist!

Just place your cursor inside a property definition and press Option-Enter to bring up this menu.

No janky/fragile plugins needed.

Oh, hello there!

If you're as much a fan of Dash as we are, you'll love this feature.  It opens a documentation browser, searching for whatever symbol your cursor is currently pointing at.

Option-enter when you set a delegate to automatically adopt a protocol.  You also normally get the option to adopt it in your 'private header' category.  Nice.

Some of the 'inspections' in appcode go above and beyond normal warnings or LLVM analysis.  Run them per file or across your codebase by going to Code -> Run inspection by name…

Specify a scope, single file or otherwise

Select an inspection, and that's it.

Excessive outdated imports can affect compile time.  Clean them up automagically with this:

This makes the double-click-select feature work identically with Xcode's, which I think is better.  It's the difference between selecting initWithDictionary here,

and just 'With' like this:

From the context menu here,

Git->Compare with branch and select a branch to compare to.

From there you get a modal with a really great compare tool.

Here, we select some text and want to replace all instances of "Like" with "Unlike".  We also care about case, so "like" should be replaced by "unlike" (and even "LIKE" by "UNLIKE", and so on).

If you're already remapping all of the AppCode key bindings to suit your needs, ignore this tip.  But if you're struggling to use the default three-key "Build..." keyboard shortcut (fn-command-F9), try this setting in your OS X Keyboard preference pane.