Sometimes, you want some code to execute after a specified delay. For me, this happens often in user interfaces; there are many cases where I want some notification or other interface element to appear and then disappear after a couple of seconds. I used to use an NSTimer to make it happen, but nowadays, I […]
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Swift roundup: Game programming!
Today’s Swift Kick features a roundup of tutorials and resources for the Swift developer who’s into game programming. If you’ve been meaning to learn Swift, games are a fun way to do so, and if you’ve been meaning to learn game programming, you’ll find these useful! Brian Advent’s tutorial on building a networked tic-tac-toe game […]
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Swift/iOS developer tutorials of note
Even though the new iOS and new iPhones have finally been released, it’s still the early days of the iOS 8/Swift era. The language is still evolving, people are still trying to figure out how to best make use of its features, and there are no veterans. It’s not too late for you to get started with iOS […]
In case you were wondering: yes, this code has been updated so that it’s compatible with the iOS APIs that came after the XCode 6 beta period. Here’s a fun programming exercise that you might want to try if you’ve been meaning to learn both Swift and game development for iOS: building a simple “shoot […]
What happens when you mark operator overload definitions as private? While I was translating the code in the RayWenderlich.com article Sprite Kit Tutorial for Beginners from its original Objective-C to Swift, I got to the point where he provides some routines to do vector math on CGPoints. These are “standalone” utility functions and aren’t methods inside any […]
Let’s dive into Swift! For the next several articles, I’m going to share my observations as I noodle around with Swift on the Xcode 6 beta and try to get a feel for the language. Keep in mind that Swift is in beta, and given the loose way “beta” is defined in these agile, pivot-happy […]
If you’re a regular reader of this blog, chances are that you’re itching to take Apple’s new programming language, Swift, out for a spin. Global Nerdy’s largely about mobile technology these days, and since I’m looking to make it more about mobile development as well, I thought “Hey, here’s a great opportunity to write about […]