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Nick Lockwood
Layout: a Declarative UI Framework for iOS
Nick Lockwood 2017-08-04Developing UI at scale can be challenging. At Schibsted, our large, distributed team of iOS developers collaborates on a single codebase. Our modular UI is shared by several apps, each of which applies a unique theme. Our requirements are effectively the worst case scenario for using Storyboards and Interface Builder.
SwiftFormat (Part 3 of 3)
Nick Lockwood 2016-10-12In part 2 I discussed in detail how SwiftFormat’s parser and formatting rules are implemented. Swift is a very complex language, and although it’s syntax is fairly regular, there are a lot of edge cases. So how is it possible to write and maintain the rules that handle all of
SwiftFormat (Part 2 of 3)
Nick Lockwood 2016-10-12In part 1 I talked about recursive descent parsers, and how they can be used to process complex structured text such as a programming language. Let’s now take a look at how SwiftFormat’s parser is implemented.
SwiftFormat (Part 1 of 3)
Nick Lockwood 2016-10-12SwiftFormat solves the tabs vs spaces argument forever! OK, maybe not, but it might help Swift developers to get along. So what is SwiftFormat? Why did I make it? And how does it work?