Does anyone have such a configuration? I installed Swift on Windows, in vscode I added the Swift extension. I want to check the code to avoid typos. Check the types of variables, etc. Is this possible?
Why, to learn the language or to program iOS apps? For the latter, as far as I know, you necessarily need Xcode. And Xcode only runs on Apple devices (MacBook, MacMini, etc.).
To edit appinventor source files but without compiling, because I don't want to pay apple for this ability. I don't have the ability to test the code, so something like intellij for java would be a big help. I know it's possible, but it doesn't work for me. Maybe it works better on Linux. I don't know.
@ewpatton
To compile swift sources do I need a paid developer account? Is it possible to compile swift on Windows if I have swift installed on my laptop?
I don't want to compile the application to put it in the app store, just compile the source and possibly test it.
You don't need a developer account to compile the sources. The developer account is needed for installing the app onto iOS devices. AFAIK, there isn't an iOS simulator/emulator available for non-macOS platforms (although I'd be happy to be proven wrong about this).
Yes, and definitely none that is anywhere near as good and accurate as Xcode's simulator.
So a developer account will be needed to install the compiled Companion for testing?
That's correct.
@Patryk_F We have a student interested in iOS work. I can probably have them work on the ListView changes since it might be easier than trying to get iOS builds going on Windows.
Great, because I started implementing UICollectionView instead of UITableView, but without test fixtures, by feel, it's not easy.