Application design questions – how to connect things.
Jan 15 2017
Xcode 8, macOS 10.12, Swift 3.0 In Part 1 of this tutorial, we created an outlineView that, thanks to a SourceListItem protocol, was indefinitely flexible: you can have different classes on several levels, or indefinite levels (though it is probably wise to limit this programatically so you don’t nest too deep. It all depends on […]
Jan 5 2017
In the zoom example app, to make life easier for me, I went for a cyclical zoom: 2x magnification, 3x magnification, 1x magnification. When Apple first announced Swift, I liked many things about it, but the thing that made me swoon was enums. Swift enums are wonderful tools to shape your application flow. Here, we […]
Dec 6 2016
(This post is based on https://www.raywenderlich.com/98178/os-x-tutorial-menus-popovers-menu-bar-apps), expanded and updated for Swift 3. This seems to be the only tutorial in town – at least I’ve seen a couple of other tutorials that were suspiciously similar, right down to the architecture and the location of the event monitoring code.) Xcode 8.0, macOS 10.11 1) Start simple: […]
Feb 16 2017
TDD Basics
This link points to a series of blogposts on TDD (test-driven design) which explains the process very clearly, with a follow-along example. I have reservations about the process, but this is a good place to start if you’re interested.
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