Tag: ios
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Method dispatch in Swift
Method dispatch is a term referring to mechanisms by which the program determines which operation should be executed (by operation, I mean a set of instructions). There are times we expect a method behavior to be determined only at runtime. This motivation give rise to different mechanisms of dispatching a method, each of which has its own pros and cons.
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How a Swift file is compiled
First of all, this is not “how an iOS/MacOS app is built”. An app consists of a bunch of source code files, structured in modules/frameworks, each of which could be purely in swift/objective-c, or mixed and match…
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FAQ on ReactiveCocoa
This post highlights some Q&A related to ReactiveCocoa - a FRP framework specifically built for iOS.
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Swift: ExpressibleByStringLiteral
It is a protocol in Swift 3 (which was StringLiteralConvertible in Swift 2). The name clearly reflects the meaning that an object of a class can be expressed by a literal string
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Log events in ReactiveCocoa
I used to spend a lot of time reading documentations of ReactiveCocoa (Framework overview, design guidlines, basic operators…) but, unfortunately, missed this one…
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A freestyle way to config UIView
This article is to introduce a freestyle way to set up views in iOS (by code).
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Swift: Generic protocol (p.1)
In this article, we would look into how to implement a generic protocol. A few lacks of language support (Swift version prior to 3.0) would be also pointed out for discussion.
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Swift: Concrete types in Protocol
A specific use case that we are unable to use concrete types in protocol, and how to fix it.
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Swift: Currying
This topic has been mentioned as a part of Functional programming. Though it’s kind of fun to use currying, we often see it on the list along with functors, applicative, monads… In this article, I’ll show you a couple of ways to have fun with currying.
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Swift: Optional — map
A few experiments with optionals in Swift.