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Advanced asynchronous operations by making use of generics

Asynchronous operations allow you to write long-running tasks in a distinct matter while being able to add dependencies between several …
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10 December 2019 / Swift

Asynchronous operations for writing concurrent solutions in Swift

Asynchronous operations allow executing long-running tasks without having to block the calling thread until the execution completes. It’s a great …
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3 December 2019 / Swift

Getting started with Operations and OperationQueues in Swift

Operations in Swift are a powerful way to separate responsibilities over several classes while keeping track of progress and dependencies …
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26 November 2019 / Swift

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Advanced asynchronous operations by making use of generics

Asynchronous operations allow you to write long-running tasks in a distinct matter while being able to add dependencies between several ...
Read More

10 December 2019 / Swift

Asynchronous operations for writing concurrent solutions in Swift

Asynchronous operations allow executing long-running tasks without having to block the calling thread until the execution completes. It’s a great ...
Read More

3 December 2019 / Swift

Getting started with Operations and OperationQueues in Swift

Operations in Swift are a powerful way to separate responsibilities over several classes while keeping track of progress and dependencies ...
Read More

26 November 2019 / Swift

Explore & improve: a collection of iOS, Xcode, and Swift Tips & Tricks

Optimize yourself and improve

Unused images and resources clean up in Xcode

Unused images can exist as a result of iterations in a project. Once a feature is no longer needed and ...
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23 July 2019 / Optimization Xcode

Developer productivity boost with Google Search Tips & Tricks

Developer productivity is important to deliver your project on time. There’s a lot you can do as I already described ...
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16 April 2019 / Optimization

Speeding up development: a collection of tips

Speeding up development to increase productivity can bring you a lot. You’ll work more efficient, deliver faster, and you’ll feel ...
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12 February 2019 / Optimization Workflow

Get better at debugging

5 Xcode breakpoints tips you might not yet know

Xcode breakpoints allow us to debug and find out solutions for nasty bugs. Without breakpoints, it would be a fun ...
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24 September 2019 / Debugging Xcode

Xcode Instruments usage to improve app performance

Xcode Instruments is a developer tool that comes for free with Xcode. It has a lot of useful tools to ...
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20 August 2019 / Debugging Xcode

Combine debugging using operators in Swift

Combine debugging can be hard with long stack traces which don’t help at all. Asynchronous callbacks follow up on each ...
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9 July 2019 / Combine Debugging Swift

Improve your workflow

Mastering the assistant editor in Xcode 11

Xcode 11 was introduced during WWDC 2019 and contained improvements in the way the assistant editor works. If you’re using ...
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1 October 2019 / Workflow Xcode

Picking your minimum iOS version to support

When a new iOS version arrives it’s oftentimes a moment to reflect on the supported iOS versions and see to ...
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10 September 2019 / Workflow

Xcode refactoring options explained with examples

A brand new Xcode refactoring engine was introduced in Xcode 9. Although this is quite a few Xcode versions ago ...
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30 July 2019 / Swift Workflow

Be an expert on Xcode

Thread Sanitizer explained: Data Races in Swift

The Thread Sanitizer, also known as TSan, is an LLVM based tool to audit threading issues in your Swift and ...
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19 November 2019 / Swift Xcode

Dark Mode: Adding support to your app in Swift

Dark Mode was introduced in iOS 13 and announced at WWDC 2019. It adds a darker theme to iOS and ...
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5 November 2019 / Swift Xcode

Mastering the assistant editor in Xcode 11

Xcode 11 was introduced during WWDC 2019 and contained improvements in the way the assistant editor works. If you’re using ...
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1 October 2019 / Workflow Xcode