Philip Niedertscheider

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Installing Xcode with “not enough disk space available”

Phrases like “Xcode Beta 1X.Y.Z is out now” or “Did you try the new features of the latest Xcode update yet?” fill an iOS/macOS developer with joy. A new IDE update can be something similar to, e.g. …

I OS

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Installing Xcode with “not enough disk space available”

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3 ways of styling SwiftUI views

Styling a view is the most important part of building beautiful user interfaces. When it comes to the actual code syntax, we want reusable, customizable and clean solutions in our code. This article will show you these 3 ways of styling a SwiftUI.View: Initializer-based configuration Method chaining using return-self Styles…

Swift

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Building SwiftUI apps in Markdown

When your iOS app uses Markdown documents, why can’t we just transform them into natives view? What if instead of writing Swift UI code, we build a custom viewer app, which can even be run from Xcode Live Preview Canvas? Just look at what you can do with it: In…

I OS

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5 Swift Extensions to write Smarter Code

A good developer should write great code with high maintainability and extensibility. Even better developers extend the programming language with smart functionality that makes it easier to read and write clean code. Let me show you 5 code extensions for Swift, which I use on a daily basis. Every single…

Swift

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Advanced cross-platform apps using local Swift packages and UIKit/AppKit

Before the release and hype of SwiftUI we had to use plain UIKit for iOS and AppKit for the macOS interfaces… even if the core application was exactly the same. Naturally your cross-platform applications keep growing over time, and eventually you get to the point of refactoring the code into…

I OS

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Advanced cross-platform apps using local Swift packages and UIKit/AppKit

Published in ITNEXT

·Jul 5, 2021

Upgrading Swift HTTP APIs to the Next Level using Postie

Defining HTTP APIs in Swift is still not perfect (yet?). Most iOS and macOS apps are using them to communicate with remote data endpoints. And it used to be a hassle with writing and validating requests, sending them, parsing responses, depending on different edge cases etc… and you might think…

Swift

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Published in ITNEXT

·May 31, 2021

Why You Should Strongly-Type Your Localizations with Swiftgen

To start off this story, you will see a very basic code example which includes a few issues. Together we will improve the code snippet and eventually create a sophisticated solution. Even tough this story uses SwiftUI in this story, it is not the main scope, and only used for…

Swift

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Published in ITNEXT

·May 11, 2021

Creating your own Markdown Parser from Scratch in Swift

You know Markdown, right? That text format which uses funky characters like # , ** or > to create well formatted documents? Awesome! Many platforms use it on a daily basis, so you will eventually use it too. Now, what if you need a markdown parser for your Swift application…

Swift

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Published in ITNEXT

·Apr 12, 2021

Modularize Xcode Project using local Swift Packages

Swift Package Manager… SPM…It is everywhere, many use it and it is most likely the future of working with Swift dependencies. A single file to fetch all the sweet Open Source packages. …

Swift

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Apr 5, 2021

Mobile App Developer Community built with GatsbyJS & Airtable

Vienna is a beautiful city with high living standards and a modern mindset. It’s time to not only enjoy its diversity, but to actively explore the potential of becoming the next great startup city. The following story will start off less technical, and instead more historical/personal. …

Gatsbyjs

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