Making progress with Consolation version 2: working out how to export useful data from JSON log excerpts. A punch-up in the Swift Playground.
Xcode
It’s time to think of summer: that means macOS 10.13, APFS, and the future of scripting. Is Swift a suitable language?
How complex is the code needed for an app like Consolation? Most of it is actually straightforward if not simple.
How to implement grouped radio buttons, the benefits of Swift, and an alpha for the fearless.
Covers NSAlert, NSSavePanel, and more. Includes modal alerts, setting contents of text boxes and popup menus, File Save dialog.
Covers Process, NSPredicate, running Swift from command line, Xcode playgrounds. Lots on running commands.
Covers String, FileManager, and Bundle, in Swift 3. Includes trimming space, inserting attributed text, file attributes.
Index to a new series of articles containing useful Swift 3 code snippets, hints, and more. Aimed at those getting started with the language on macOS.
All too often, we select apps on the basis of features. Support for performing repetitive tasks efficiently and without error is much more important.
Does Xcode 8 support El Capitan, or does Apple leave it to developers to break the bad news to users?
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