Xcode 9

Just installed the beta and I'm really impressed. Opening and moving between source files is pretty instant on my 2014 13" rMBP. The new editor feels like Sublime Text 3, which is what I've been waiting for. Even opening Storyboard files feels at least 2x faster. Keyboard input also feels much better.

Sourcekit/completions still seem to slow things down when typing for me. Hopefully that will get better soon too, but I'm really happy with the improvements.

I'm curious what the editor rewrite means for XVim and other plugins. I really hope either XVim will work, or they added more functionality to the new extensions/plugin system so a new Vim plugin is possible.

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I tried using the new Asset Catalog color feature but I'm not sure how to include the color in code? I expected something like using image literals added in Xcode 8 - but it doesn't appear to be how they work. In interface builder however, they're really nice. A new section under "Recently Used Colors" is added for your named colors :).

Wow, nobody? Well, I didn't download it yet, but I am certainly looking forward to not seeing this anymore: https://www.dropbox.com/s/qmm75ycej20h0d2/Screenshot%202017-...

But I came here to hear all about how buggy it is and why I shouldn't download it yet... where my complainers at??

I can't help but notice that excellent pieces of software (and hardware) seem to be invariably created using development tools that are extremely complicated, bloated, slow, and buggy. I do not know why this should be the case, but XCode, as a tool, is no exception.