Manual Swift: Understanding the Swift/Objective-C Build Pipeline
iOS Leveling UpEvery build pipeline is an opportunity for leaks and stoppages. Understanding how all the bits come together to make a functioning app helps you...
Elm Enlightenment: Raycasting with Bresenham’s Algorithm
Design Front-End Full-Stack WebI'm (https://jweissman.github.io/mandos), and I wanted to illuminate a circle of light around the character, to reveal the visible parts of...
Articulation Accents
iOS Leveling UpIs it possible to ask a question that leads you directly to fixing a bug? If so, how do you find those questions to...
What Does ‘Don’t Test The Framework’ Mean?
Leveling UpWhen you're trying to get into testing, often you may hear the advice 'don't test the framework'. This made sense to me at first,...
Using Swift Enumerations Makes Segues Safer
iOSSwift style encourages developers to use the compiler to their advantage, and one of the ways to accomplish this is to leverage the type...
Roadie Wins Best Mobile Startup at Atlanta Mobile Awards
ClientsWe’re excited to announce that our client (http://www.roadie.com) has won the Best Mobile Startup Award at the (http://atlantamobileawards.com/). Presented by the...
Why Mobile: Staying Competitive in a Mobile-Centric World
ClientsRight now is a great time to be a mobile-centric business because more than 6 billion people have access to a mobile device—that's more...
The Mobile Transformation: Corporate Training Clients on the Big Nerd Ranch Experience
ClientsSeveral of our instructors just returned from Poland, where they taught development and design at media brand Onet. See what the Onet team had...
Five Common Challenges That Will Sink Your App Development Project
ClientsCustom app development can get complicated, fast. Business needs and use cases must be taken into account, and technologies change rapidly. When projects enter...
A Trailblazer’s Guide: What I Learned at the 2016 Money20/20 Conference
ClientsWe will soon live in a world where everyday items like cash, credit cards, and passwords will go the way of the dinosaur, replaced...
Introducing our Newest Ranch at Stone Mountain
Starting next year, Big Nerd Ranch is bringing its immersive bootcamps to Stone Mountain, Georgia.
A Rubyist’s Perspective on Testing in Swift
Back-End Full-Stack Web iOSI took a week-long hacking vacation (“hackcation”?) to start an iOS app side project. I learned testing in Ruby, which is known for the...
