Don't be "an Objective-C" or "a Swift Developer"

Slides from A Swift Start (http://aswiftstart.com), given at The Flatiron School on 8/29/2014

Transcript

1. DON'T BE "AN OBJECTIVE-C"
   or "A SWIFT DEVELOPER"
   BRYAN IRACE
   AUGUST 29, 2014
   

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2. BE A SOFTWARE DEVELOPER
   

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3. BEING A GREAT DEVELOPER
   MEANS BEING A GREAT
   PROBLEM SOLVER
   

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4. BEING A GREAT PROBLEM
   SOLVER MEANS DRAWING
   FROM VARIED EXPERIENCE
   

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5. "We need to reach that happy stage of our development when
   differences and diversity are not seen as sources of division and
   distrust, but of strength and inspiration."
   ▸ Josefa Iloilo
   

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6. var stooges = [{ name: 'curly', age: 25 },
   { name: 'moe', age: 21 },
   { name: 'larry', age: 23 }];
   var youngest = _.chain(stooges)
   .sortBy(function (stooge) {
   return stooge.age;
   })
   .map(function (stooge) {
   return stooge.name + ' is ' + stooge.age;
   })
   .first()
   .value();
   

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7. [[[stooges sortedArrayUsingDescriptors:
   @[[NSSortDescriptor sortDescriptorWithKey:@"age"
   ascending:YES]]]
   transformedArrayUsingBlock:^NSString *(NSDictionary *stooge) {
   return [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@ is %@",
   stooge[@"name"], stooge[@"age"]];
   }] firstObject];
   

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8. YES, IT'S UGLY
   BUT THE BENEFITS ARE ALL STILL THERE
   

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9. "Header files are the only good way to
   manage code visibility"
   

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10. "Of course you should always use
    methods instead of functions"
    

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11. "Generics? Don't need 'em"
    

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12. YOUR FAVORITE
    PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE IS
    AN IMPLEMENTATION DETAIL
    

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14. WHAT I'M NOT SAYING:
    YOU'RE SCREWED IF YOU ONLY KNOW
    OBJECTIVE-C
    

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15. STRONG OPINIONS
    WEAKLY HELD
    

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16. "What would you change about
    Objective-C?"
    

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17. "One of the biggest constants in software development: the unerring
    sense among developers that the level of abstraction they're currently
    working at is exactly the right one for the task at hand."
    ▸ John Siracusa, Copland 2010 revisited
    

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19. "If I start using it now, I can provide feedback, and that feedback will
    help shape the programming language that I’m likely to use for the rest
    of my career.
    ▸ Brent Simmons
    

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20. "Maybe I’ll have a ton of feedback, and
    maybe I’ll have none — but I’d sure
    hate to have missed my chance to help."
    

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21. YOU CAN'T ASK FOR WHAT
    YOU DON'T KNOW THAT
    YOU'RE MISSING
    

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22. THANK YOU
    @IRACE
    

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