Stylish Testing with an RSpec Style Guide
Back-End Full-Stack WebIt's common to have a style guide to help with code quality, but do you have a style guide for your _test_ code? Test...
Hannibal #selector
iOS MacThe `selector` is key to Objective-C's dynamic runtime nature. It's just a name that's used, at runtime, as a key into a dictionary of...
Alexa Skills Kit Videos Now Available
ClientsEarlier this year, we announced that we had teamed up with Amazon to deliver immersive, free training for the (https://developer.amazon.com/ask) (ASK). We...
Neural Networks in iOS 10 and macOS
iOS MacApple has been using machine learning in their products for a long time—Siri answers our questions and entertains us, iPhoto recognizes faces in our...
Crowns and Sprites in WatchOS 3
iOSIt’s been a bit over a year since we got the Apple Watch, and right at a year since we got watchOS 2. Back then,...
WWDC 2016: Increased Safety in Swift 3.0
iOS MacSwift 3.0 changes the semantics of `ImplicitlyUnwrappedOptional`, and is even safer than its previous incarnations. What has changed in Swift 3.0 for this type...
WWDC 2016: A Quick Look at APFS
iOS MacWWDC 2016. New Notification Center features? Eh. Bouncy sticker graphics giant emoji in Messages? Blah. New file system? ...
WWDC 2016: Developer Reading List
iOS MacWith the advent of WWDC comes a lot of new information. Don't want to wait for the WWDC 2016 videos? Start with our list...
WWDC 2016: Continued Maturation, More Monetization
Clients iOS MacAs I type, Apple's yearly developer conference, (https://developer.apple.com/wwdc/live/), is in full swing. The keynote can be watched via Apple TV and their website,...
Top Coding Bootcamps, Women in Tech, Business Tips and More: Big Nerd Ranch in the News
ClientsBig Nerd Ranch has been featured in a number of publications lately. Check it out!
Make it Spectacular: Choosing the Right Spec’ing Tool
Clients DesignProperly spec’ing your document eliminates misunderstandings and communication errors with developers. However, it is also time consuming to spec manually, and your measurements can...
Creating a Custom XCTest Assertion
iOS Leveling Up MacApple's bundled test framework XCTest provides a very limited, general collection of assertions. These get the job done much of the time, but sometimes...
