swift

Extracting reused components to a Framework on both Android and iOS.

When building the Activity Filter app I was very much aware that the basic functionality (of what is a very simple app) had already been built within the more complex Training Plan. This was the case in the case of both the Android and iOS versions of the app. I

May 13, 2021

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Time zones in software

This is another one of those posts whereby I want to document my thoughts/approach to a subject (in relation to a company product) and figured that I may as well do so in the public domain. For a great overview of time zones check out the Stack Overflow tag

Sep 22, 2020

10 min read

Image caching on iOS with AlamofireImage

I recently released the updated and improved iOS application for an application that I have been working on. The application is image heavy within its functionality. Whilst testing the application it became apparent that the implemented image caching mechanisms were not appropriate for an inherently image heavy application. I delved

Jul 09, 2016

4 min read

Don't Repeat Yourself - iOS

Don't Repeat Yourself (DRY) The Don't Repeat Yourself principle is one of the most important concepts that a software engineer has in his/her arsenal (in my opinion). I previously worked on a legacy PHP project whereby a complete disregard for DRY has resulted in a completely unmaintainable codebase. If

Mar 27, 2015

3 min read

The UIViewController: Actual Lifecycle and Acceptable Heirachy

I am working on an iOS app for a product that I have been building. Throughout the process I have come up against some hurdles and have sought to resolve them using the (fantastic) knowledge base that is Stack Overflow. Moreso than when writing code for any other platform I

Oct 14, 2014

4 min read

Testing with Swift and XCode 6

Over the past month I have been developing an iOS app for one of the websites that I own and operate. I wanted to share a few considerations that I encountered when investigating testing and iOS. Objective C has been around and developing as a language for an extremely long

Sep 27, 2014