Xcode® 4

Chapter 15: Getting Started with Code Analysis and Debugging

In This Chapter

Using the console Working with breakpoints Using the Variables View Using breakpoint actionsWorking with command-line debugging

The Xcode toolchain includes a powerful suite of code analysis, code correction, and debugging tools. Some run outside the main Xcode editor and are introduced in the following chapters. This chapter discusses features that are built into Xcode itself: the code analyzer, tips and issues, the debugging area, and a selection of other options in the Project Navigator that are dedicated to debugging.

With these features, you can perform the following tasks:

Check your code for issues as you type

View tips that can help you correct issues

Analyze code to reveal more complex issues

Log messages to a window called the console while your application is running—typically to provide live diagnostic information

View the console output from previous runs

Pause execution at any point in the ...