Debugging Asserts don’t just have to be in Unit Test, they should be in your main code.
Mark Lucking explains inserting the Assert command into your Swift Apps.
https://levelup.gitconnected.com/assertions-in-swift-a0ef807f6c25
A propeller airplane going 345.4 mph using an electric-only motor? Amazing.
While most people associate them only with cars, Rolls Royce has long avionics history. I am not surprised they did this.
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/rolls-royce-worlds-fastest-electric-aircraft-intl-scli-gbr/index.html
Mark Lucking gives us this incredibly useful collection of Random generators for Swift.
I especially like the code for unique random numbers (never duplicating a range) and secure random numbers.
https://betterprogramming.pub/5-swift-extensions-to-generate-randoms-87401ccc60f
Happy Thanksgiving!
Enjoy your pumpkin pies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NV9EM75V120
Just like demolition derbies and building implosions, there is something spectacular in a flop. Even a tech product flop.
Here are some of the biggest hardware disasters from the past.
https://www.pcmag.com/news/the-biggest-hardware-flops-of-all-time
Another list of development techniques that every Swift programmer should know.
Consistent code is easier to read, both for others and for yourself. Otherwise, reviewing your own code from 2 years back can be a chore.
https://medium.com/@zhuyp/12-tips-to-make-swift-more-concise-4f4ed63f3063
More than a bit of knowledge on the sate of Windows running on ARM from Jean-Louis Gassée.
With Apple’s M1 ARM Macs, this becomes more than a bit interesting.
https://mondaynote.com/windows-on-arm-again-2097ff043f3a
Every Swift developers should have these 7 Array features in their back pocket.
Thanks Mohd Hafiz for a very good list!
https://medium.com/geekculture/7-array-features-every-swift-beginner-must-know-745a11b8f6f1
This excerpt from Steve Levy’s book Crypto introduces Whit Diffie, the man who invented public/private key cryptography.
Steve also talks about the early days of Crypto.
https://onezero.medium.com/the-untold-story-of-the-man-that-made-mainstream-encryption-possible-231c749d5005
Programmers count differently, case in point:
1) The two most difficult things in programming are memory management, naming things, and off by one errors.
2) My girlfriend told me I care more about my programming job than about her. I told her she is the #1 thing I care about.
The remains of the once vast Atari Corporation celebrate their 50th anniversary by releasing 3 new Atari 2600 game cartridges.
Released thru the new AtariXP, “a publisher of collectible, physical games beginning with never-released and rare Atari games from the 1970s and 1980s”.
https://hackaday.com/2021/11/18/video-gaming-like-its-1983-new-game-cartridges-from-atari/
Atari website announcement: https://www.atari.com/atarixp-launches-new-game-cartridge-initiative-with-the-release-of-three-never-published-titles/
Atari XP site: https://atarixp.com
“WWDC Notes is an open-source and community-driven effort to collect notes for all Apple's WWDC videos.”
Not all sessions are covered, but it has become my goto research spot before I watch any WWDC video.
https://www.wwdcnotes.com
“Washington Metropolitan Gamer Symphony Orchestra members and guests will give a special Giving Tuesday fundraising concert live on Twitch”
They are always enjoyable to listen to! Here is the announcement on Facebook.
https://www.facebook.com/events/640790516923359/
Twitch TV Link: http://twitch.tv/wmgso?fbclid=IwAR1POWaVT8o_vdQ5PqOWBIts8dNIw6ENOTzM4Nn8-6UUIylpUG4tS4VhMuU
Ok, the Science Geek in me found this interesting. Using X-Rays, scientists discovered a theoretical mineral in a diamond.
Davemaoite (yes, named after a guy named Dave) can only be formed 400+ miles below ground (heat and pressure), but a volcano pushed this sample to the service. What else is down there?
https://interestingengineering.com/new-mineral-discovered-in-diamond-that-formed-410-miles-below-earth
An excellent article by Michale Long on the correct way to implement MVVM with SwiftUI.
His explanation of “ObservableObject” is especially good.
https://betterprogramming.pub/swiftui-view-models-are-not-protocols-8c415c0325b1
I firmly believe that for any tech platform to be a true success, it must have a “Killer App”.
VisiCalc was the Killer Apple for the Apple // (and later PC computers). It was something that was easy to do on the computer, but almost impossible to do without.
https://www.stackbit.com/blog/story-of-visicalc
Some very surprisingly candid comments from Apple’s Jim Cook on allowing non-App Store apps on your iPhone.
Cook, and ZDNet, point out how few Apple users actually want this feature.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/iphone-users-dont-care-about-sideloading/
Wow! Not the highest ever paid for an Apple 1 (that was just short of a million), but still wow.
I don’t have one, but my office shelf has the artwork made from the US Patent for the computer.
https://www.pcmag.com/news/original-apple-1-computer-sells-for-500000-at-auction
Patent Artwork (they have other Apple products too): https://www.patentartwork.com/patent-art/apple-woz/
Former Apple leader Jean-Louis Gassée comments on what the next 10 years may bring.
What area will Apple expand into? How will the leadership change? What tech is next?
https://mondaynote.com/apple-ten-years-forward-10dfabf00706
I have a feeling that Spatial Audio will be an important feature in the future, but we have yet to see the “killer app” use for it.
PC Mag excellent article on the details of Apple’s new 3D sound.
https://www.pcmag.com/how-to/what-is-spatial-audio-for-airpods-how-it-works-and-what-it-sounds-like
There are legitimate & ethical reasons to reverse engineer a program. For these cases, here is a great article on how to do it with an iOS program.
Thanks Zafar Ivaev for this article.
https://betterprogramming.pub/how-to-reverse-engineer-an-ios-app-313a95950aff
Ok, the “Hacking scenes in movies are crap” made me laugh.
Enjoy!
https://javascript.plainenglish.io/12-things-thats-weird-to-people-but-normal-for-programmers-97235dbaeaf8
Programmer Romantic Advice: “I don’t see women as Objects, I consider each to be in a Class of their own.”
After I told this to my brother, he said, “I am looking for one with a good Inheritance”.
Ryerson University created a game “to introduce those new to web accessibility to potential barriers on the Web that may prevent some people from accessing content”.
It is an excellent example of using games to teach UI concepts.
https://de.ryerson.ca/games/accessibility/
The reward for the game: https://de.ryerson.ca/games/accessibility/_/accessibility_guidelines.pdf
People don’t click on “click here”, so how should UI display hyperlinks?
Cynthia Marinakos explains 3 ways “to write helpful hyperlink text”.
https://uxdesign.cc/the-problem-with-click-here-and-learn-more-links-d01a0eba5cbd
A recap of the Oculus’s Connect 2021 AR/VR event.
A review of the Developer State of the Union keynote for the Metaverse, as well as links to other talks.
https://developer.oculus.com/blog/connect-2021-developer-state-of-the-union-developing-for-the-metaverse/
Jonathan Levin, author and Apple internals expert, has compiled a database of documented & undocumented Apple Entitlements.
This is a great tool when exploring the black hole of Entitlements.
http://newosxbook.com/ent.jl
