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Andrew Park
Andrew Park
206 Points
Posted by Andrew Park
Andrew Park
206 Points

Is there another option besides Xcode?

MacOs User, having trouble with Apple's Xcode! I'm working on the Angular basics and want to be able to install properly. and in the teachers notes this is the first step.

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John Lack-Wilson
John Lack-Wilson
8,181 Points
John Lack-Wilson
John Lack-Wilson
8,181 Points

There's lots of options for writing code from simple text editors (My personal favourite is Atom). To IDE's (Integrated Development Environment) such as Xcode. My favourite IDE's are from the developer JetBrains - they have loads of good ones such as IntelliJ (Java), Pycharm (Python), WebStorm (Various web technologies). So it all depends what you language you're using as to what is the best tool.

WebStorm is a good option for Angular (although it does cost, unless you are a student, in which case you get a pro license free of charge). Although, previously when I have made Angular apps I have simply used Atom, you can boot up a simple web server in the Terminal (Applications > Utilities > Terminal) and use Pythons SimpleHTTPServer module to load your webpage with and then view it in a browser at localhost:8000.