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Objective-C
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Avoiding singletons in Swift
Original: Avoiding singletons in Swift Original author & Copyright @johnsundell “I know singletons are bad, but…” — you hear it all the time when developers are …
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Different flavors of dependency injection in Swift
Original: Different flavors of dependency injection in Swift Original author & copyright: @johnsundell In previous posts we’ve looked at several ways of using dependency …
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What is LLVM
What is LLVM? The secret behind Swift, Rust, Clang, and more Understanding how a compiler emits native machine code makes it dramatically easier to invent a new language or enhance …
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Dependency injection using factories in Swift
Original: Dependency injection using factories in Swift Original author & copyright: @johnsundell Dependency injection is one of the key tools for making code more testable. …
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Modularising Xcode projects
Original: Modular Xcode projects Author & Copyright @pepibumur Translator: @OgreMergO Building a modular Xcode project takes a real understanding of project structure and the …
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Handling non-optional optionals in Swift
Original: Handling non-optional optionals in Swift Original author & copyright @johnsundell Optionals are arguably one of the most important features of Swift, and one of the …
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Capturing objects in Swift closures
Original: Capturing objects in Swift closures Original author @johnsundell Ever since blocks were introduced to Objective-C in iOS 4, they’ve been a core part of the most …
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@autoclosure && @escape
Closures are first-class citizens in Swift, which means you can pass them around as arguments. While learning Swift, you keep running into keywords that decorate these closure …
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Everything you need to know about iOS 10 notifications
Overview Push notifications are something we’re all familiar with — pretty much anyone with a smartphone gets interrupted by them every day. The right notification is a …
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Building an elastic view animation with UIBezierPath
Original: Elastic view animation, or how I built DGElasticPullToRefresh Author: @gontovnik DGElasticPullToRefresh demonstrates a springy elastic effect. Here’s what it looks …
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A bit about Category in Objective-C
A category in Objective-C is a compile-time mechanism that lets you tack extra methods onto an existing class. There’s one catch: you can’t add new instance variables …
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Understanding the Objective-C runtime
The Objective-C runtime is one of those language features that’s easy to overlook when you’re just stepping into Cocoa/Objective-C land. The reason is simple: …
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How we built the Guillotine menu animation for iOS
Original: How We Created Guillotine Menu Animation for iOS Author: @johnsundell Ever wondered why nearly every app’s menu is a sidebar? Why isn’t it a topBar, a …