Monthly Archives: July 2014

A Swift App that Calls JSON Web Services

Posted on July 29, 2014 by Josh Smith

In this article I introduce a small iOS 8 app written in Swift, named SwiftPlaces. I wrote the app in order to get more experience with the language and try out some new features in iOS 8, such as Adaptive Layout. … Continue reading →

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Simplifying NSJSONSerialization in Swift

Posted on July 28, 2014 by Josh Smith

While writing a pet project app in Swift I put together this convenience function that simplifies converting an NSData into JSON objects via the NSJSONSerialization class. My JSONObjectWithData function adds a Swift-friendly API on top of the Foundation method of the same name. Here is … Continue reading →

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Nil-coalescing Operator in Swift

Posted on July 24, 2014 by Josh Smith

Update: As of Xcode 6 Beta 5 this article is obsolete. Swift now includes a nil coalescing operator (??). I am leaving this article on my blog for people who are curious about why such an operator exists or when … Continue reading →

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Custom Threading Operator in Swift

Posted on July 5, 2014 by Josh Smith

The Swift language supports custom operator functions, similar to operator overloading in C++. This kind of language feature has been known to enable overly “enthusiastic” developers to create a quagmire of unreadable code, which is why I was surprised to see … Continue reading →

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