2 days agoMeet Swift Regex (WWDC 2022)I saw the WWDC video, so you don’t have to — Here’s a video I’ve just seen from WWDC, here are the highlights and, in the conclusion, what I think of it. So you don’t have to watch it (if you don’t want). …Swift4 min read
Jun 29The iOS Developer Recruiter CallWhat should you look out for? — The first stage of many companies recruitment process is the recruiter call. This article is about what you should expect, and how you should act for iOS engineer recruiter calls. Types of Recruiter Call A recruiter call is typically a first contact call to confirm the information a company has gained from a…Swift5 min read
Jun 28What’s New in SwiftUI (2022)I saw the WWDC video, so you don’t have to — Here’s a video I’ve just seen from WWDC, here are the highlights and, in the conclusion, what I think of it. So you don’t have to watch it (if you don’t want). …Swift2 min read
Jun 21Swift Views Shouldn’t Know About ThreadsThink about this one — Views should be rather basic, right. Have we thought about Read on to find out all the details! Difficulty: Beginner | Easy | Normal | Challenging This article has been developed using Xcode 13.1, and Swift 5.5.1 Terminology Thread: Tasks can have their own threads of execution to stop long-running…Swift2 min read
Jun 17What’s New In Swift (2022)I saw the WWDC video, so you don’t have to — Here’s a video I’ve just seen from WWDC, here are the highlights and, in the conclusion, what I think of it. So you don’t have to watch it (if you don’t want). …Swift3 min read
Jun 13Unnecessary Self Refences In Your Code?Get Rid Of Them? — Self self, you’re all about your self.. Is it that important to mark properties class or struct instances with self? Can you mark too many properties class or struct instances as self? Where you should use self I’ve already written an article describing the difference between self and Self: https://stevenpcurtis.medium.com/self-or-self-in-swift-code-b0d2199ec2ef. For the purposes of…Swift3 min read
Jun 8I’m Taking WWDC Easy This Year2022 is a good year to do that! — Every year WWDC comes around, and as an iOS developer I feel the pressure to watch videos. Every video. As fast as possible. They’re all available on the Apple Developer App and can be seen Netflix-style (one after another until sleep). I’ve done that before. It was a mistake. This…WWDC4 min read
May 28Create a Custom UIAlertView in SwiftDesign it yourself! — Prerequisites: You will be expected to be aware how to make a Single View Application in Swift It would be useful to be familar with UIStackView I connected storyboard objects to code, and used delegation within this solution Terminology UIWindow: The basic container for an application’s content on screen. iOS Apps usually…Swift5 min read
May 24What is Deadlock in ProgrammingProgramming theory — A deadlock is a classic problem in Computer Science. In some sense during the early days of computing Deadlock was mitigated as a problem somewhat as they would only run one program at a time, so any given program would be able to manage it’s own resources and be sure…Programming5 min read
May 18Imperative vs. Functional Swift ProgrammingWhat are they? Which should you use? — This article contains content previously published on Medium Difficulty: Beginner | Easy | Normal | Challenging This article is best used in conjunction with the Swift Playground which can be found here: https://github.com/stevencurtis/SwiftCoding/tree/master/ImperativeVsFunctional Prerequisite Articles: Coding in Swift Playgrounds will help you be able to use the playground available for you…Swift4 min read
