chriseidhof

// Run any SwiftUI view as a Mac app.

import Cocoa
import SwiftUI

NSApplication.shared.run {
    VStack {
        Text("Hello, World")
        	.padding()
            .background(Capsule().fill(Color.blue))

tclementdev

libdispatch efficiency tips

The libdispatch is one of the most misused API due to the way it was presented to us when it was introduced and for many years after that, and due to the confusing documentation and API. This page is a compilation of important things to know if you're going to use this library. Many references are available at the end of this document pointing to comments from Apple's very own libdispatch maintainer (Pierre Habouzit).

My take-aways are:

• You should create very few, long-lived, well-defined queues. These queues should be seen as execution contexts in your program (gui, background work, ...) that benefit from executing in parallel. An important thing to note is that if these queues are all active at once, you will get as many threads running. In most apps, you probably do not need to create more than 3 or 4 queues.

• Go serial first, and as you find performance bottle necks, measure why, and if concurrency helps, apply with care, always validating under system pressure. Reuse

shaps80

//
//  AppDelegate.swift
//  Scheduling
//
//  Created by Shaps Benkau on 19/02/2018.
//  Copyright © 2018 152percent Ltd. All rights reserved.
//

import UIKit

chriseidhof

import Foundation

protocol Channel: IteratorProtocol {
    func send(_ value: Element?)
}

/// A blocking channel for sending values.
///
/// `send` and `receive` must run in separate separate execution contexts, otherwise you get a deadlock.
final class BlockingChannel<A>: Channel {

SintraWorks

//: A UIKit based Playground for presenting user interface
  
import UIKit
import PlaygroundSupport

typealias PairedConstraint = (_ view: UIView, _ otherView: UIView) -> NSLayoutConstraint
typealias UnpairedConstraint = (_ view: UIView) -> NSLayoutConstraint

enum ConstraintRelation {
    case equal, greaterThanOrEqual, lessThanOrEqual

0xced

{
  "People" : [
    "😀",
    "😃",
    "😄",
    "😁",
    "😆",
    "😅",
    "😂",
    "🤣",

klaaspieter

From time to time, Musk will send out an e-mail to the entire company to enforce a new policy or let them know about something that's bothering him. One of the more famous e-mails arrived in May 2010 with the subject line: Acronyms Seriously Suck:

There is a creeping tendency to use made up acronyms at SpaceX. Excessive use of made up acronyms is a significant impediment to communication and keeping communication good as we grow is incredibly important. Individually, a few acronyms here and there may not seem so bad, but if a thousand people are making these up, over time the result will be a huge glossary that we have to issue to new employees. No one can actually remember all these acronyms and people don't want to seem dumb in a meeting, so they just sit there in ignorance. This is particularly tough on new employees.

That needs to stop immediately or I will take drastic action - I have given enough warning over the years. Unless an acronym is approved by me, it should not enter the SpaceX glossary.

rondy

FWIW: I (@rondy) am not the creator of the content shared here, which is an excerpt from Edmond Lau's book. I simply copied and pasted it from another location and saved it as a personal note, before it gained popularity on news.ycombinator.com. Unfortunately, I cannot recall the exact origin of the original source, nor was I able to find the author's name, so I am can't provide the appropriate credits.

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Effective Engineer - Notes

• By Edmond Lau
• Highly Recommended 👍
• http://www.theeffectiveengineer.com/

What's an Effective Engineer?

johnny77221

        NSURL *bluetoothURLOS8 = [NSURL URLWithString:@"prefs:root=General&path=Bluetooth"];
        NSURL *bluetoothURLOS9 = [NSURL URLWithString:@"prefs:root=Bluetooth"];
        NSURL *bluetoothURLOS10 = [NSURL URLWithString:@"Prefs:root=Bluetooth"];
        if ([[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion] intValue] >= 10) {
            Class<NSObject> workSpaceClass = NSClassFromString(@"LSApplicationWorkspace");
            if (workSpaceClass) {
#pragma clang diagnostic push
#pragma clang diagnostic ignored "-Warc-performSelector-leaks"
                id workSpaceInstance = [workSpaceClass performSelector:NSSelectorFromString(@"defaultWorkspace")];
                SEL selector = NSSelectorFromString(@"openSensitiveURL:withOptions:");

mackuba

Following the tradition from last year, here's my complete list of all interesting features and updates I could find in Apple's OSes, SDKs and developer tools that were announced at this year's WWDC. This is based on the keynotes, the "What's New In ..." presentations and some others, Apple's release notes, and blog posts and tweets that I came across in the last few weeks.

If for some reason you haven't watched the talks yet, I really recommend watching at least the "State of the Union" and the "What's New In" intros for the platforms you're interested in. The unofficial WWDC Mac app is great way to download the videos and keep track of what you've already watched.

If you're interested, here are my WWDC 2015 notes (might be useful if you're planning to drop support for iOS 8 now and start using some iOS 9 APIs).

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OSX → macOS 10.12 Sierra