Shades of MVVM
AndroidDepending on who you're talking to, MVVM can mean different things. In this post, I'm going to present a few approaches to MVVM used...
Elixir and IO Lists, Part 2: IO Lists in Phoenix
Back-End Full-Stack WebElixir's IO lists are one of the secrets to blazing response times in the Phoenix framework. Here's how.
Big Nerd Ranch Alumnus Releases Second App in App Store
iOSChris Hepworth is an alumnus of the (https://nerdranchighq.wpengine.com/training/courses/ios-essentials-with-swift/) bootcamp here at Big Nerd Ranch who recently released his second app in...
Elixir and IO Lists, Part 1: Building Output Efficiently
Back-End Full-Stack WebErlang's IO Lists enable Elixir to very efficiently write to files and sockets. But do you know how to use them?
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do: How to Decompose Your Code
Back-End Full-Stack Web Leveling UpMaybe you're convinced of the value of breaking large chunks of code into smaller pieces, but are you familiar with the different ways it...
ConstraintLayout vs Auto Layout: How Do They Compare?
Android iOSConstraintLayout and Auto Layout use the same underlying algorithm. How do they differ?
Video: Cleaning Up Messy Chaining in Swift
iOSSwift allows for chaining methods together to perform powerful operations in a single line of code. If you aren’t careful, however, this can lead...
Prefer Bare Enum Tags When That’s All You Need
iOSSwift's destructuring case statements are cool. But when you don't care about the associated data at all, go with `case .tag:` rather than `case...
Elixir and Unicode, Part 2: Working with Unicode Strings
Back-End Full-Stack WebUnicode strings are multi-layered things, which makes comparing them, traversing them and transforming them a bit more complicated than with ASCII. Learn how to...
Creating Ember Blueprints
Front-End Full-Stack WebEmber-CLI Blueprints are a powerful tool to help your team move efficiently and effectively when working on large projects. In this post, we'll walk...
Elixir and Unicode, Part 1: Unicode and UTF-8 Explained
Back-End Full-Stack WebYou may know that Elixir has great Unicode support. But how? Let's see how Unicode and UTF-8 actually work and how Elixir is able...
What Use are Swift Access Modifiers?
iOS MacIf you're writing Swift apps and not Swift frameworks, do Swift's access modifiers even matter, or are they just a big distraction?
