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    iOS Dev Weekly

    medium.com/ios-os-x-development · Publication · on HN since 2014

    A Medium publication for iOS developers with posts on libraries, app launches, App Store problems, Swift and Objective-C.

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    What HN says

    HN links it for its post on Apple's free Swift course, its survey of libraries in top iOS apps, and its Objective-C generics write-up.

    Stats for nerds
    42HN people shared it
    42linked in comments
    394story points
    Jan 2023last shared
    2015people per year2023

    Top posts on HN

    1. 1
      Libraries Used in the Top 100 iOS Apps
      5 people · 164 points · first shared 2015 · 53 comments on HN
    2. 2
      Apple has published a great free learn to code course for on GitHub
      3 people · 99 points · first shared 2015 · 20 comments on HN
    3. 3
      Introducing Opener
      1 person · 23 points · first shared 2015 · 16 comments on HN
    4. 4
      Photo Organizer for iOS – From an Idea to the App Store in 16 Days
      1 person · 18 points · first shared 2015 · 1 comments on HN
    5. 5
      An iOS Developer on React Native
      5 people · 12 points · first shared 2015 · Discussion on HN
    6. 6
      How I, a designer learned to code and released an app in 4 months
      3 people · 12 points · first shared 2015 · 2 comments on HN
    7. 7
      Building an iOS8 Today widget – the good/bad/ugly
      1 person · 10 points · first shared 2014 · 3 comments on HN
    8. 8
      The Broken App Store
      2 people · 5 points · first shared 2015 · Discussion on HN
    9. 9
      How Protocol Oriented Programming in Swift Saved My Day?
      1 person · 5 points · first shared 2016 · Discussion on HN
    10. 10
      27 iOS open source libraries to skyrocket your development
      2 people · 4 points · first shared 2015 · Discussion on HN

    What HN people wrote when they linked it

    • avinasshAug 2015

      Link to Github: http://swifteducation.github.io/

      Link to course on iTunes U: https://itunes.apple.com/us/course/app-development-teaching-swift/id1003406963

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      TL;DR: Apple has apparently, via some sort of collaboration with a university professor, published last week — during WWDC — a really solid-looking learn-to-code curriculum for Swift that is kind of on iTunes U but that is really on GitHub.

      source: https://medium.com/ios-os-x-development/apple-has-published-a-great-free-learn-to-code-course-for-swift-on-github-feb5e4d70691

    • andyflemingJul 2016

      This is similar to Postman's test runner feature. You can export a collection of requests and even write simple assertions in javascript.

      Although it looks like Paw has potential for something similar with its extensions. It already has some sort of javascript availability.

      https://medium.com/ios-os-x-development/make-your-app-extensible-with-javascript-core-7074061f2b05#.vmjlukl51

    • besselheimJul 2016

      Very interesting - does anyone know exactly what techniques they use to gather this data?

      I'm guessing to some extent it must rely on a jailbroken iOS to get past the .ipa code encryption, as with this similar analysis: https://medium.com/ios-os-x-development/libraries-used-in-the-top-100-ios-apps-5b845ad927b7

    • harryfNov 2017

      This is certainly a good move. The Facebook SDK for example is widely used by many apps for Facebook ad performance tracking and analytics and that's something he public should be aware of.

      See https://medium.com/ios-os-x-development/libraries-used-in-the-top-100-ios-apps-5b845ad927b7 for example

    • KallikratesFeb 2016

      ComScore is one of the larger providers of these statistics similar to Nielsen ratings they provide a library you setup in your app.

      see # 18: https://medium.com/ios-os-x-development/libraries-used-in-the-top-100-ios-apps-5b845ad927b7#.60hwtj4wo

    • pjmlpJan 2023

      Not up to date? They already made most of what was possible without breaking compatibility.

      https://medium.com/ios-os-x-development/generics-in-objective-c-8f54c9cfbce7

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