Xcode: 3 Principles of Efficient Builds

Optimizing your development process is essential for improving productivity and efficiency. By following key principles, you can reduce build times significantly.

Here are 3 fundamental principles to guide you:

• Configure Wisely
• Be Explicit
• Divide and Rule

Configure Wisely

Proper configuration of your development environment and build settings can significantly impact build times. Efficient configuration ensures that the build process is streamlined and optimized for performance.

• Enable Whole Module Optimization: Compiling the entire module at once for better performance.
• Parallelize Builds: Enable “Parallelize Builds” in your scheme settings to allow Xcode to build independent targets in parallel.
• Debug Information Format: Use DWARF with dSYM file for release builds and DWARF for debug builds to speed up the build process.
• Use Derived Data Efficiently: Ensure derived data is stored on a fast disk, such as an SSD, and clean derived data occasionally to prevent stale caches.
• Optimize Resource Usage: Managing and compressing resources efficiently.
• Asset Catalogs: Using asset catalogs to…