The Strategy Pattern
The strategy pattern gives you the possibility to change the concrete implementation of an algorithm any time without breaking the rest of your code. Furthermore, it is a very good example of using po...
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In Swift there are two types of values: constants and variables. This is very common for a programming language – however, there is one important difference in using constants in Swift.
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Encapsulation is one of the most important object-oriented design principles: It hides the internal states and functionality of objects. You can achieve this by using the access control features of
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An enum is a data type that has a finite set of possible values. In this post we discuss will the most important aspects of enums in Swift.
Continue readingXcode: Navigating Through Your Project
If you are an iOS developer, you are navigating through your project the whole day. You can save a lot of time and increase your productivity if you know some tricks that make your life easier.
Continue readingBuilding Memory Efficient Apps
The performance of mobile devices got much stronger over the last few years. However, there is and always will be a huge performance deficit compared to desktop computers. At the same time, requirements
Continue readingThe Best iOS Development Resources
There are a lot of very interesting iOS development resources on the internet. This is a list of the best ones.
Continue readingOptionals in Swift
Every variable can be declared as a so-called optional in Swift. As an optional, the variable is allowed to become nil what is equivalent to the absence of a value.
Continue readingObjective-C: Nullability
One of the biggest differences between Objective-C and Swift is the handling of nullability. But since Xcode 6.3 there are two new keywords in Objective-C that improve their interoperability: nullable
Continue readingError Handling in Swift 2.0
Swift 2.0 has a new way of error handling. It uses a do-try-catch syntax, which is the replacement for NSError . In this post we will discuss how to use this new syntax.
Continue readingUsing Custom Fonts
Out of the box iOS provides you a rich set of fonts. But sometimes there is the need to add another font to your project. For example, this could be one of the Google Fonts, which are open source. In
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