Tagged with swift

• What are the differences between Swift, the standard library and Foundation?

  • FAQ
  • article
  • swift

  Jan 3, 2021

• Custom 404 page for GitHub Pages

  • article
  • quick tip
  • static site generator
  • swift

  Easily add a custom 404 page when using John Sundell's Publish + GitHub Pages by using a custom publishing step.

  Dec 26, 2020

• Migrated to Publish

  • article
  • static site generator
  • swift

  Documenting learnings and future enhancements after migrating this website to Publish, a static site generator by John Sundell written in Swift!

  Dec 20, 2020

• Uncaught exceptions on macOS

  • article
  • exceptions
  • mac os
  • swift

  I recently came across a peculiar distinction between how exceptions manifest on macOS vs. iOS. On iOS, if an NSRangeException (index out of bounds) occurs, your app will crash, no questions asked. However, that is not always the case on macOS

  Apr 19, 2019

• Side effects

  • article
  • functions
  • swift

  Side effects can have deadly consequences. We all pay attention to them when picking up a pack of antibiotics from the pharmacist. But are you paying attention to them when writing your next app feature?

  Apr 6, 2019

• A collection of key paths, same root type but different values

  • article
  • key paths
  • swift

  I love Swift KeyPaths as they allow us to work in a type-safe environment. But I ran into a problem the other day when using them for a feature I was implementing.

  Mar 15, 2019