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Page 9 of 18UIKit Dynamics Guide
UIKit Dynamics was unveiled in WWDC 2013, for iOS 7.
Core Animation Guide
There are many ways to perform animation, and using Core Animation is one great framework provided by Apple.
Pitfall: Using WKWebView for Facebook Login
When using WKWebView (or UIWebView), we are actually using only 1 window.
On-Demand Resources Guide
On-Demand Resources is a new developer feature provided in iOS 8.
UISearchController Development Guide
UISearchController is a new controller in iOS 8 to handle search.
Never to Have Feelings for Your Code
As a developer, never to have feelings for your code.
Swift Package Manager Development Guide
Previously, we mentioned a Rome version of Cocoapods that you can use for your Swift scripts.
To Build, or to Pay, for a Service/Tool
The Debate
Error: Address/Port Already in Use
I have encountered many times trying to run a service that use an existing port.
Guide to Installing KZPlayground/Code Injection for Xcode
NOT WORKING (as of Nov 2016): #171
The Thing About Responder Chain
Who are Responders?
Swift Protocol Development Guide
Not too long ago I briefly mentioned the use of protocol as the way of Protocol Oriented Programming.
Should An Engineer Write Technical Blog?
Kristina Thai wrote Become a Better Engineer Through Writing, and I felt she has made a good case on why we should all write.
Pitfall With Opening Universal Link
Universal link are familiar http links that iOS apps can now use to open apps, rather than opening the link in Safari web browser.
The Thing About Top & Bottom Autolayout Guide
iOS 7 introduced the concept of a translucent tab/nav/status bar.
Setup Your Own $5 VPN With Docker, OpenVPN and Digital Ocean
I have set up VPN on my virtual private servers before, but the experience has never been easy.
Clean Code
Learning how to write clean code is a level every professional developer should go for.
Drawing Images With UIBezierPath
Overview
Out of Memory Crashes
Crashlytics has released a new feature to report out of memory (OOM) crashes.
Swift Is a Protocol Oriented Programming Language
WWDC 2015 is where Protocol Oriented Programming (POP) is officially being preached.
Complexity & Out of the Tarpit
Out of the Tarpit is a famous paper that discuss complexity of large-scale software systems. It discussed approach to eliminate “accidental complexity”.
Updating Jekyll to 3.0
This blog was running on Jekyll 2.4.0 since the day I migrated away from Wordpress.
Reference Cycle for Closures
You have probably learn about the imperils of reference/retain cycle.
MVVM for iOS & Swift
Following a research into better architectures, this is some learnings from MVVM in Swift.
How to Capture Multiple Groups in a Regex With Swift
Swift does not provide regex support in the language (hopefully in Swift 4!?). For now we still have to rely on NSRegularExpression.
Good Architecture for iOS App
This post discuss the various architecture designs for an iOS app.
Mocking in Swift
Real World Mocking in Swift by Veronica Ray: