keep it simple. Frameworks?
Recently I had a project in a workspace to produce a framework of Objective-C and Swift code – supplied by someone else. I had a devil of a time getting it to build for me....
Category: Objective-C
Swift: Bonjour, NSNetService & IP Addresses
Good morning. At least it’s a good morning here. I have recently been exploring Bonjour in Swift – I have never investigated Bonjour as a concept as networking is one of the weaker areas...
Multi-platform API for Google Nearby Messages
I happened upon a video presentation from Google I/O 2016 that I felt was interesting. It was called “Introducing Nearby: Physical proximity within and without apps – Google I/O 2016”. I present it here...
Developing with a live backend
Sometimes developing on a live backend is a royal pain in the ass, Yorkshire pudding included with gravy from lost puppy’s caramelized souls. Time goes by with an inability to get proper work done...
Coding the extra mile
I recently came across some labels in a design I’ve been working on that I originally deployed using NSLineBreakMode.ByTruncatingTail. Conscious of a possible situation where text coming into the system might not properly fit. It...
Back to iOS Development
I have been buried in Android Studio for the past several months. Learning that from scratch didn’t come without it’s challenges and brief excitement. But I’ve really grown to loath Android development for many...
A Mac OS X Finder trick for developers
If you’re like me and use many different tools, getting to them might take a tiny bit getting to. You might use Alfred (which is incredible), or you may use Spotlight in Mavericks or...
WWDC catch up, co-workers, and KMT magazine
WWDC catch up Today when I wasn’t performing some administration project documentation and work, I was watching WWDC 14 videos. I started off with some of the basic topics, like what’s new in Xcode...
