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How iOS Development Has Evolved Over The Past 8 Years
I’ve been a full-time iOS developer for over 6 years now and I started learning iOS development 8 years ago. A lot has changed over the years. In this post I want to talk about the biggest changes I’ve
Continue readingSets in Swift
Sets are one of Swift’s collection types. A set stores an amount of unique values, that have no particular order. You can imagine a set to be like a box of billiard balls: They are all unique in terms
Continue readingMFMailComposeViewController – sending emails from an iOS app
MFMailComposeViewController provides an easy way to present a view controller, that allows to write, edit and send an email. It’s presented modally, so the context of the app won’t be left.
Continue readingProperties in Swift
There are two types of properties in Swift: stored properties and computed properties. Stored properties store values (constant or variable) as part of an instance or type, whereas computed properties
Continue readingSwift: Comparing Enums With Associated Values
Comparing enums in Swift is very straightforward – as long as they don’t have associated values. In this post we will discuss, what you can do in that case.
Continue reading01/18 – The Best iOS Development Links
The best iOS development links from January 2018.
Continue readingXcode for Windows?
Xcode for Windows – many developers are wondering whether that exists. In this article we will answer this question. Furthermore, we will discuss which alternatives you have, if you don’t have a Mac,
Continue readingPush Notifications and Local Notifications – Tutorial
By using notifications, you can notify the user about important events even when the app is not running. In this tutorial you will learn how you can implement both local and push notifications.
Continue readingiPhone X: Safe Area
iPhone X is a huge update and you should adapt your apps for it. In this post we will discuss how you can use the so-called safe area to do so.
Continue readingTop Ten Most Popular Posts Of 2017
The beginning of the year is a good time to look back, so I put together a list of the ten most popular posts of 2017. The ranking is based on the number of page views.
Continue reading09/17 – The Best iOS Development Links
The best iOS development links from September 2017.
Continue readingSeven Things I Wish I Knew When I Started As A Developer
I’ve been a full-time iOS developer for about five years now, and there’s a lot of stuff I’ve learned the hard way. So if you ever invent a time machine, please handover this list to my younger self
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