How to run code snippets in Objective-C

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While trying to learn Objective C from a book, I'd like to be able to run some code snippets like...

NSString *str = @"Hello, world!";
NSLog(@"Retain count is %d", [str retainCount]);

In Ruby I'd just put this in an snippet.rb file and run ruby snippet.rb from the terminal. JavaScript has jsfiddle.net. Is there an equally easy way to do this with objective c?

This looks like a duplicate of stackoverflow.com/questions/5303217/… — bryanjclark
– bryanjclark, Commented Jan 2, 2013 at 22:44
@Kitsune thanks, I'm just getting an overview of the environment now. However, I thought memory management was now taken care of by ARC so I wouldn't even have to think about it once I got into more of the nitty gritty — BrainLikeADullPencil
– BrainLikeADullPencil, Commented Jan 2, 2013 at 22:56

Nikolai Ruhe · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-02 22:40:45Z

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If you're on a Mac there's the handy CodeRunner. It's $9.99 on the App Store but to me it was worth every penny.

answered Jan 2, 2013 at 22:40

Nikolai Ruhe

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BrainLikeADullPencil Over a year ago

is this just an ordinary code editor? looks like it to me...should I maybe see if there's an extension for my current editor (Sublime), or is there something more to CodeRunner that I should be aware of...

Nikolai Ruhe Over a year ago

Code Runner let's you type a short snippet in a language of your choice and compiles, links and runs it. It prints the console output and lets you type input to stdin.

jrturton Over a year ago

+1 coderunner is great. Before that I had dummy Xcode projects and unit tests all over the place.

BrainLikeADullPencil Over a year ago

has anyone used it on Mountain Lion?

BrainLikeADullPencil Over a year ago

@NikolaiRuhe saw a bad review about it by someone using Mountain Lion

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