Let’s Build a Custom Publisher in Combine
Once you know the boilerplate, it’s not hard to build a custom publisher in Combine.
Swift
Combine vs RxSwift: Introduction to Combine & differences
Combine vs RxSwift: in this article we introduce Combine, the new Apple framework, and spot its main differences with RxSwift.
A Beginner’s Guide to Access Levels in Swift
Welcome to another programming tutorial in the Swift programming language! Today we we are going to talk about a topic that usually everybody knows something more or less, but it’s important for new developers in Swift to really understand what is all about and how it works. It’s quite often for the subject of our discussion not to receive the proper attention, so it’s either misused or not used at all. It’s a topic that the more someone advances in Swift, the more necessary it becomes in order to write better and clearer code. And that topic is about Access […]
Executing AppleScript in a Mac app on macOS Mojave and dealing with AppleEvent sandboxing
Over a weekend recently I built a tiny Mac app (more on that later). What I was trying to achieve required executing AppleScript, like so many things on macOS. It seemed simple enough, but of course new app sandboxing restrictions...
Create Your First Function Builder in 5 Minutes
Bypass the mistakes I made and jump straight into the code.
Discovering what's out there
Many of us feel nervous when meeting a group of people for the first time. What are the dynamics of the group, what are the in-jokes, will I find common ground with someone - are just a few questions that can plague you. A lot of your hard work at
Swift 5.1 Takes Dependency Injection to the Next Level
How to use Swift 5.1 property wrappers to cut your dependency injection code in half
SwiftUI Tutorial: Navigation
In this tutorial, you’ll use SwiftUI to implement the navigation of a master-detail app. You’ll learn how to implement a navigation stack, a navigation bar button, a context menu and a modal sheet.
Memory Management in Swift: Understanding Strong, Weak and Unowned References
Memory Management in Swift: Understanding Strong, Weak and Unowned References
Menus and Popovers in Menu Bar Apps for macOS
In this Menu Bar App tutorial you will learn how to present a menu and a popover that shows quotes from famous people.
Design Patterns in Swift #2: Observer and Memento
Today, we’ll focus on two of these patterns, “observer” and “memento,” which fall into what the GoF calls the “behavioral” category.
Design Patterns for Cocoa: MVC and MVVM
In this article, you'll be learning about the MVC (Model-View-Controller) and the MVVM (Model-View-ViewModel) design patterns.
Apple Swift Package Manager : A Deep Dive
Apple has released it’s own package manager called ‘Swift Package Manager‘ to share and distribute Swift packages. It’s good to know that…
How to make an action repeat using Timer
Timers are a great way to run code on a repeating basis, and iOS has the Timer class to handle it for you. First, create a property of the type Timer!
Core Text Tutorial for iOS: Making a Magazine App
Learn how to make your own magazine app with custom text layout in this Core Text tutorial for iOS.