Document-Based App Examples

Question

I'm building an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) application for Mac OS X.

When creating a new Mac OS X Cocoa Application should I select (check) Create a Document-Based Application?

What are some examples of document-based apps?

Answer 1

Yes, you'll probably want your IDE to be a document-based app because the Document-Based App Programming Guide for Mac says, "Document-based apps handle multiple documents ... and often display more than one document at a time." For an IDE app, each document could be a source file.

Examples of Document-Based Apps

• Xcode
• Sketch
• Pages