Getting Started with UI (’90s style)
If you’re interested in getting your feet wet in some old-school programming and really having a solid foundational understanding of how a lot of modern day UI software are built up, here’s a few good resources…
Software Development
The problem with Object-Oriented Programming
I’ve been a die hard C programmer for many years. But it wasn’t until Objective-C (and eventually Swift) that I found an Object-Oriented programming that I found acceptable. And the reason was because while they had objects and classes, these weren’t the only ways to have different components interact with each other. I’ve often had […]
NotificationCenterUserInfoModel
Using NotificationCenter has it’s pro’s and con’s. But passing data around can be rather tedious in Swift. Here’s a simple protocol to ease the pain. https://github.com/dannys42/NotificationUserInfoModel
iOS Architectural Design Patterns
iOS continues to evolve and we’re constantly looking to improve our code while providing rich user experiences. Here’s a few ideas people have had that continue to push the envelope in architectural design patterns.
SQL Database as a Service
If you’re looking for PostgreSQL as a service, there’s a few options out there…
Xcode Plugins
Xcode is a great development tool. But here’s a few plugins that can make it even spiffier…
Continuous Integration Services for iOS
Xcode Server is very nice and probably good enough for most people. However, sometimes you want a service to handle your CI. Here’s a very rough breakdown of some of them…
Unit Testing in iOS
Here’s a few links to help with unit testing on iOS… Tools Specta Expecta OCMockito Cedar OCMock
BaaS
There’s plenty of lists of BaaS offerings out there, but some of them have since disappeared/consolidated. So here’s a list based on my findings as of today:
Swift for the Server – Update
It’s been a year now and Apple has announced that they are open-sourcing Swift. I’d like to take this time to update my previous prediction.