swift AsyncOperation A few days ago, I was working on an app for a client. With this app you can basically see a staff roster, that needs to be downloaded from a server. The REST-API
swift It's self again Nearly two years ago, I wrote a short piece about self. Since then, a lot has changed: I got fired, found a new job, quit, and found another new job. I'm working from
swift Running Tests in pre-commit hooks and alternatives A few months ago, I bought myself a fancy MacBook Pro. You know, one of those fancy devices with the fancy TouchBar, a nice Retina screen and a broken-by-default keyboard. And to make
swift isActive = true vs. NSLayoutConstraint.activate The whole UI of the app, I helped to develop, is written in code. No Storyboards, no XIBs, just Swift. Someone made this decision looooong ago. Nevertheless, we're using AutoLayout, just like every
swift Me, my future self and self A colleague of mine complained, that I use self too much. In Objective-C, it was everywhere, but he sent me this blogpost and recommended me to use self in Swift sparingly and only
swift preconditionFailure One of my goals for May 2018 was to finally read The Pragmatic Programmer. I haven't succeeded yet, that's why this year, June was May, Extended Edition and July is June, Extended Edition.