Xray your code with new dev tool

by Mike Schramm on Jun 12th 2007

A few tipsters have dropped us notes (thanks!) that on Apple's Developer Tools page, there's a new tool. Along with Xcode and Dashcode, there's a new, very pretty app called Xray. The flavor text itself says the app takes "interface cues from timeline editors such as GarageBand," so what we're looking at here seems to be a realtime application tester and analyzer.

The three windows in the screenshot show stats on "Network Traffic," "CPU Load," and "Reads/Writes," and Apple also says devs will be able to track user events and even the OpenGL video driver. Looks like it will bring all the new tracking tools and analysis junk (technical term) together in a browsable, graphical interface, which means an easier time for devs, which means better apps for all of us. Groovy!

Tags: app, apps, code, dashcode, developer tools, DeveloperTools, garageband, opengl, programmers, writing, xcode, xray

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

echoz said 1:56PM on 6-12-2007

uses DTrace that's newly built into the darwin kernel...

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Brandon said 3:49PM on 6-12-2007

Looks like Project D-Light: http://java.sun.com/javaone/sf/media_shell.jsp?id=192569

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FamousPete said 7:20PM on 6-12-2007

Groovy? I can write my OS X apps in Groovy (http://groovy.codehaus.org)?! SWEET!

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Thom Brooks said 1:56AM on 6-13-2007

Uh, isn't there already an OS X app called XRay?

http://www.brockerhoff.net/xray/

Apple is so arrogant sometimes.

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