Chapter 21. Xcode for make Veterans

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  • The Xcode Build System

  • Controlling Build Parameters

  • Customizing the Build System

  • Building from the Command Line

  • Build Configurations

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This chapter is for experienced UNIX programmers who are accustomed to controlling application builds with a dependency manager, such as GNU make. It’s also useful to any user of Xcode who wants a better grasp of how Xcode builds projects.

As an integrated development environment, Xcode is at first glance far removed from the tools you are used to. But Xcode is not a tightly integrated tool set. The editor, the build system, and some convenience services run as part of Xcode’s process; but for preprocessing, compilation, and linkage, ...

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