What Prompts Swift App Developers to Go with Xcode 7.3.1

Language Support

Xcode supports source code for key programming languages, viz., C, C++, Objective-C, Objective-C++, Java, AppleScript, Python, Ruby, etc.

Error Handling

Detect and fix errors, such as file-not-found, network timeouts, and many more.

Availability

Provides compile time checking and prevents unavailable methods from being used.

Testability

Writing tests of Swift 2.0 frameworks and apps for a Swift app developer has become easier. There is no obligation to make internal routines public.

Protocol Extensions

Add methods and properties to any class that conforms to a particular protocol, allowing an iOS developer to reuse more of his/her code.

App Thinning

A single build for:

Debugging

Advanced debugging and profiling features to favor development of quality apps to drive user engagement.

Address sanitizer

Xcode 7 can build an app with instrumentation designed to catch and debug memory corruption using the address sanitizer.

On-Device Deployment

A build can be executed on any physical iPhones, iPads, and iPods, Apple Watch, Apple TV, etc.

Playgrounds

Playgrounds has become more powerful. It supports comments, inclusion of embedded images, known as markup.

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