iOS Development in Swift

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Modern NSNotification Observers In Swift

Modern NSNotification Observers In Swift

The old way of handling notification observers looks something like this.
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Joseph CollinsOct 22, 2015
Swift Availability Checking

Swift Availability Checking

Availability checking was already in use by Xcode. But with Swift 2.0 it has this feature built directly into the compiler. This ensures…
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Joseph CollinsOct 7, 2015
Swift Defer Statement

Swift Defer Statement

With Swift 2.0 the defer statement ensures code is executed regardless of how the current scope exits. This keeps any “clean-up” code nice…
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Joseph CollinsSep 26, 2015
Swift Guard Statement

Swift Guard Statement

Swift 2.0 brings a lot of new changes to the programming language but some of the most talked about changes are error handling and the…
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Joseph CollinsSep 22, 2015
Swift Scripting WWDC 2015 Session Links

Swift Scripting WWDC 2015 Session Links

I frequently find myself referring to relevant WWDC sessions and linking to their videos. Now it’s as easy as a swift script!
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Joseph CollinsSep 14, 2015
Swift UIImage With Enum

Swift UIImage With Enum

A few days ago I watched a talk given by Ayaka Nonaka on Swift Scripting. If you haven’t seen it yet, I highly recommend it! She describes…
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Joseph CollinsSep 11, 2015
A Few Thoughts on Functional Programming and Swift

A Few Thoughts on Functional Programming and Swift

So the first programming language I learned was an Object Oriented Programming (OOP) language. It was easy to think this way because we…
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Joseph CollinsSep 4, 2015
Intermediate Swift Session 403 Playground

Intermediate Swift Session 403 Playground

In session 403 — Intermediate Swift, Brian Lanier and Joe Groff build upon the previous session introducing more in depth use of optionals…
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Joseph CollinsMar 6, 2015
Learning the Swift Programming Language

Learning the Swift Programming Language

Swift is the future for Apple and third party iOS and OS X engineers just like you.
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Joseph CollinsMar 5, 2015
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