Xcode 4 on Mac App Store

Mac developers who are not part of Apple’s paid developer programs will be glad to know Xcode 4 is now on the Mac App Store. You will not be glad to know that it costs $5, but at least it’s cheaper than the $99 annual fees for Apple’s iPhone and Mac developer programs.

Those of you who are members of one of the paid programs should know the version on the Mac App Store is the same as the GM Seed 2.

Xcode 4 does not build PowerPC binaries. If you support PowerPC Macs, don’t remove your Xcode 3.2 installation. You still need 3.2.

What About the Xcode Book? #

The release of Xcode 4 means I can talk about it now. It also means books that cover Xcode 4 can be published. You may be wondering when the new edition of Xcode Tools Sensei for Xcode 4 will be released.

I don’t see the book being finished before May. The release of Xcode 4 took me by surprise. I figured it would ship with Mac OS X 10.7. I have most of the material written, but it’s disorganized. The big things I have to do are clarifying instructions, organizing the material, and cleaning up the writing.