Parsing CSV natively in Swift
Load and process CSV tables in Swift using only bundled libraries.
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Articles on (mostly) iOS development, by Nick Randall
Latest posts
Runtime in Swift: Exposing Unavailable Classes
Some lessons learned while building a Swift API for the ObjC runtime functions, part 3.
Runtime in Swift: Iterator Performance
Some lessons learned while building a Swift API for the ObjC runtime functions, part 2.
Runtime in Swift: String Lifetimes
Some lessons learned while building a Swift API for the ObjC runtime functions, part 1.
Simple Web Server in Swift
How to build a tiny HTTP server in Swift.
20 Years of Gmail
A look back at the launch of Gmail and the peak of Google.
Performance of Automatic Equality Checks
Testing the speed of automated equality in both Objective-C and Swift.
Ivars and Automatic Object Equality
Inspecting instance variables using the Objective-C runtime for automatic object equality and hashing.
Tech Talk on KVO
A tech talk from the archives, extolling the virtues of Key-Value Observing.
EV Touring in Europe
Lessons learned from a few road trips in Europe with an electric car.
Dictionary-Backed Objects
An Objective-C class with dynamic storage. Describes how to create method implementations at runtime, using functions such as resolveInstanceMethod and class_addMethod.
Parsing JSON Safely
How to ensure that a malformed network payload can never crash your app.
State Machines in Swift
Implementing a trivial state machine in Swift.
Implementing Key-Value Coding
Using the Objective-C runtime to read and write property values dynamically.
Type Encodings Explained
The @encode directive and how Objective-C encodes type details.
Inspecting Objective-C Properties
Using the Objective-C runtime to inspect properties of a class, and creating a convenience wrapper to work with them.
The Objective-C Runtime in Practice
An introduction to the practical uses of the Objective-C runtime.