Mar 13 2018
Bugfixing: an example from Topology
This is a lovely, and lovingly details explanation of how a rare bug was identified, what steps were taken to isolate it, and how it was finally resolved. Debugging is a skillset of its own, and this article walks you through the process. https://topologyeyewear.github.io/engineering-blog/2018/03/07/heap_corruption/ (warning: the main blog autoplays _something_ and doesn’t stop, so enter […]
May 12 2018
NSStackView Tutorial
(Xcode 9, macOS 10.12, Swift 4) Stackviews exist mainly to make layout easier (we’ll not go much into NSGridView here, which is the ‘we found another use case for which stackViews aren’t all that great’ variant). In this post, we’ll see what else we can do with stackviews, and where the pitfalls are. I find […]
By Extelligent Cocoa • Bug Reports, Interface, Tutorials, Wiki • • Tags: Autolayout, NSStackView