Wrapping libgit2
We write a wrapper around the libgit2 C library to work with Git repositories from macOS and iOS apps — and for the fun of using Swift's pointer APIs!
Episode 85 · Jan 26 2018
Type-Safe API Wrappers
Often, we can make Cocoa APIs feel more at home in Swift by writing a tiny type-safe wrapper around them. In this collection, we show examples of this pattern that clean up code throughout your project.
6 Episodes · 2h13min
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Wrapping Analytics APIs
We look at different techniques for wrapping analytics APIs in Swift and discuss their advantages and disadvantages.
Episode 83 · Jan 12 2018
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Typed Notifications (Part 2)
We extend our notification wrapper from episode #27 and discuss an alternative protocol-based approach.
Episode 28 · Dec 09 2016
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Typed Notifications (Part 1)
A lightweight generic wrapper around Foundation's notification API lets us avoid boilerplate code and provides a type-safe API.
Episode 27 · Dec 02 2016
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Adding POST Requests
We add POST support to a simple networking layer, using Swift's enums with associated values and generics.
Episode 8 · Jul 29 2016
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Tiny Networking Library
We make use of Swift's generics and structs to build a simple network layer with great testability.
Episode 1 · Jun 17 2016