Be Swift: Date and Time
Coding for real-world apps is a humbling experience. In this post, the insanely complex rabbit hole known as date and time is explored using several Xcode playground examples. Updated: December 2021
Be Swift: iOS15 Project – SwiftUI List
An example Xcode13 project (iOS15) that implements a SwiftUI List with previous/next focus, move and delete, editing of multiple TextFields per row, and keyboard avoidance. Created October 2021.
Be Swift: Using map and filter methods
In this post on Swift code topics, the elegance of using functions map and filter are described with several Xcode playground examples. Updated: September 2021.
Using CocoaPods with Xcode
CocoaPods integrates third-party software libraries into my app's Xcode project cleanly with professionally developed code, documentation, and version management. Updated: September 2021
A Collection of Xcode Tips
There are numerous Xcode tips and short-cuts that one learns during their journey along the app development path. Here is my growing list as of August 2021.
What’s in your toolbox?
As a person learns their craft, their choice of tools evolve becoming highly suitable, functionally precise, and artistic masterpieces in their own right. Updated: August 2021.
Be Swift: Localization and Internationalization
It only makes sense to develop apps that operate natively in the world's languages and their diverse cultures. In this post, we look at the steps to set up Xcode for app localization. Updated: December 2020
Software Development Best Practices
Having worked on some complicated systems with embedded software, I appreciate the list from this amazingly well-written paper on best practices in software development independent of software language.
App Developer Video – WWDC 2009
The story of four app developers are showcased during the WWDC 2009 keynote. It is this video that inspired me to start the journey to be an iOS app developer. I must have watched this video a hundred times.