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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Xamarin

    Score6 out of 10
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    XCTest

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AThe XCTest framework is used to write unit tests for Xcode projects that integrate with Xcode's testing workflow. From Apple, the solution enables users to create and run unit tests, performance tests, and UI tests for Xcode project.N/A
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    XamarinXCTest
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    Xamarin
    Free
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    XamarinXCTest
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    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Score9.3 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    XamarinXCTest
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (12 ratings)
    8.3
    (4 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Support Rating
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
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    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    XamarinXCTest
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Microsoft
    If you are required to develop applications that are cross-platformed, Xamarin is a great tool to use. It will help save time and effort from your development team to be able to build applications seamlessly for android, IOS, Windows, and web on a single platform instead of requiring multiple tools to get the job done.
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    Apple
    It is very useful to add it mainly at the beginning of the app when each feature is finished and if the greatest importance of the app is its stability and a quick way to fix errors that are made during the changes. Do it when the app is finished; it's going to be quite time-consuming; however, applying it will go a long way in making sure the code hasn't been broken by changes and improvements.
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    Pros
    Microsoft
    • Xamarin allows you to write cross platform code. This allows companies to build apps more quickly by writing less code. Having code abstracted and reused across multiple platforms allows for more testing and less issues overall.
    • The ability to use Visual Studio is a huge plus. Visual Studio is one of the best IDE's available and being able to write cross platforms apps while in a great IDE makes everything less painful.
    • Xamarin is now free with a large company backing. This means that bugs on the platform get fixed more quickly and there is a large community of developers.
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    Apple
    • Basic unit level testing of iOS apps/games and functionalities
    • Xcode Test Recorder - mostly a feature for UI tests but as XCTest is related with XCUITest the UI recording is possible with Xcode environment.
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    Cons
    Microsoft
    • Forms - not 100% there. Still needs work but is production ready.
    • iOS - sometimes errors can be hard to understand, if they even show up.
    • Insights - Xamarin offers their own crash analytics software. However, it's not perfect and sometimes doesn't pick up crashes.
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    Apple
    • Occasionally confusing
    • Fails with automated builds without giving a good reason
    • Not super flexible
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Microsoft
    Xamarin has been great for developing different projects efficiently and effectively. It's nice to reuse the core business logic across different platforms so that there are less to maintain and little replications are needed. The biggest benefit is that C# programmers do not have to learn a different language to do mobile development.
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    Apple
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    Usability
    Microsoft
    If you are required to develop applications that are cross-platformed, Xamarin is a great tool to use. It will help save time and efforts from your development team to be able to build applications seamlessly for android, IOS, windows, and web on a single platform instead of requiring multiple tools to get the job done
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    Apple
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    Support Rating
    Microsoft
    I never had to contact support for any help. Most of the problems we ran into, we were able to identify and use peer support through blogs and other internet sources to resolve the problems. There are plenty of sources online which provide tutorials, discuss problems, etc. Example: StackOverflow
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    Apple
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    Implementation Rating
    Microsoft
    Just with any programming tasks, have a plan first. Design out the system, spend time to build it correctly the first time and have plenty of testing and user acceptance opportunities. Xamarin was easy to implement for a C# programmer. However, you need to do tutorials to realize the platform's capabilities.
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    Apple
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    Alternatives Considered
    Microsoft
    Xamarin runs natively on MacOS, and the debugger and other integration and auto-complete tools are far better than Eclipse for C# .NET. It also carries much of the plugin/add-on capabilities that are so desirable on Atom. Eclipse is a better for generalized software development, provided a developer is comfortable switching between the IDE the command line for certain parts of their workflow, like building, package management, or debugging. But for C# .NET development on MacOS specifically, Xamarin is the best product I've used for the job.
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    Apple
    I haven't test any
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    Return on Investment
    Microsoft
    • Saves development time and deliver fast.
    • Allows inhouse developers build both Android and iOS application without switching languages.
    • Allows use coding in C# in Visual studio IDE from which we can code in different languages. We don't need multiple IDEs installed
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    Apple
    • Faster way to know which issues appeared and fixed it.
    • Easy way to install and teach to the programmers.
    • More time invested on the project to implement.
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