Software:Project Builder
Developer(s) | NeXT, Apple Inc. |
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Initial release | 3.0 / September 8, 1992[1] |
Final release | 2.1
/ December 1, 2002[2] |
Operating system | NeXTSTEP, macOS |
Type | Integrated development environment (IDE) |
License | Freeware with open-source components |
Project Builder was an integrated development environment (IDE) originally developed by NeXT for version 3 of the NeXTSTEP operating system by separating out the code editing parts of Interface Builder into its own application.[1]
After Apple Computer purchased NeXT and turned NeXTSTEP into the Mac OS X operating system, the NeXTSTEP version of Project Builder became ProjectBuilderWO (maintained only for WebObjects development). Apple created a new Project Builder from scratch for software development with the first version being introduced with Developer Preview 4 of Mac OS X.[3] This version of Project Builder, informally dubbed PBX.[4] was distributed with the first few versions of Mac OS X but with the release of Mac OS X v10.3 it was redesigned, reintegrated with Interface Builder and rebranded as Xcode.[5][6][7]
Before OS X, developers could use Macintosh Programmer's Workshop or CodeWarrior to develop Macintosh applications.
GNUstep's ProjectCenter IDE is a rough workalike of the original NextStep design; additional functionality is provided by ProjectManager, a 3rd-party GNUstep IDE meant for greater usability.
References
- ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 Garfinkel, Simson; Mahoney, Michael (1993). "NeXTSTEP Programming, Step One: Object-Oriented Applications". Computers in Physics 7 (3): 287. doi:10.1063/1.4823176. Bibcode: 1993ComPh...7..287G. http://simson.net/ref/1993/NeXTSTEP3.0.pdf.
- ↑ "OS X December 2002 Developer Tools". OSNews. https://www.osnews.com/story/2427/os-x-december-2002-developer-tools/. Retrieved 2022-01-15.
- ↑ John Siracusa (May 24, 2000). "Mac OS X DP4". Ars Technica. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2000/05/mac-os-x-dp4/. Retrieved 2022-01-15.
- ↑ Summermatter, Paul R. (March 25, 2001). "Getting started PB -> PBX". Cocoabuilder. http://www.cocoabuilder.com/archive/cocoa/26936-getting-started-pb-pbx.html.
- ↑ Dippery, Michael (2 June 2015). Professional Swift. John Wiley & Sons. p. 36. ISBN 9781119016779. https://books.google.com/books?id=onyzCAAAQBAJ&dq=Project+Builder++IDE+NeXTSTEP&pg=PA36. "Xcode is based on Project Builder, an IDE you use to write programs for the NeXTSTEP operating system, the forerunner of Mac OS X"
- ↑ Wentk, Richard (June 2011). Xcode 4. John Wiley & Sons. p. 5. ISBN 9781118108260. https://books.google.com/books?id=ddJxAKUlN-wC&dq=A+free+copy+of+Project+Builder+was+bundled+with+every+copy+of+OS+X.&pg=PA5. "A free copy of Project Builder was bundled with every copy of OS X"
- ↑ "OS X's ten most innovative features". Macworld. Sep 13, 2010. http://www.macworld.com/article/1154045/software-utilities/osx-innovative-features.html. "...Included in the package was an IDE—Project Builder—that was a tweaked version of the IDE that came with NeXT, the OS whose acquisition laid much of the foundation for OS X. In 2003, Project Builder became the now familiar Xcode..."
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