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I'm trying to create a Cordova app for learning purposes to deploy to my iPhone 5 for personal testing. For the life of me however I can't seem to understand what I have to do. I have Xcode installed as all the tutorials have mentioned. How do I create a provisioning profile (with a free developer account)? How do I sign my device? Nothing I've found online seems to explain in clearly, or for beginners such as myself.

Also, is there a way to create all of this but not use Xcode as my IDE for developing my app?

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You don't need to use XCode to develop your Cordova app, as the app is just CSS, JavaScript, and HTML. I like to use WebStorm, but you can use whatever suits you. However, in order to deploy your app to a device, you do need XCode. Here's a link to an answer for a similar question. This is in regards to XCode 7 and I'm not sure what version you have, or if this still holds for XCode 8.

You only deploy after you do a build for iOS with Cordova, by running $ cordova build. Here is a link to Cordova's docs.

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