6 Tools in 5 Minutes

Or: How not to be a caveman developer.

The slides to my lightning talk at the XCake Xmas session.

Transcript

1. What’s wrong with being a caveman? • We could just use Vim/Emacs and xcodebuild • We could also flagellate ourselves everyday to prove what hard men we are • Or we could use tools to take care of the boilerplate to let us get get on the interesting problems 1
2. Accessorizer 2
3. Accessorizer • Configurable code generator • Full integrates with Xcode • Also allows other apps to integrate with it via Services 3
4. Accessorizer • Evaluation version available from http:// www.kevincallahan.org/software/ whatsNew.html • €4.49 on Mac App Store (https:// itunes.apple.com/ie/app/accessorizer/ id402866670?mt=12) 4
5. Objectify 5
6. Objectify • Takes JSON from a URL or pasted in • Creates NSObject classes • Can use Accessorizer for building the classes 6
7. Objectify • Evaluation version available from http:// tigerbears.com/objectify/ • €4.49 on the Mac App Store (https:// itunes.apple.com/ie/app/objectify/ id435651677?mt=12) 7
8. Objective-Clean 8
9. Objective-Clean • Trying to build a consensus based set of coding standards • Can apply your own rules, go with the average or weighted by StackOverflow • Keeps you on the straight and narrow 9
10. Objective-Clean • €4.49 on Mac App Store (https:// itunes.apple.com/ie/app/objective-clean/ id713910413?mt=12) • Help/Support/Rules download on http:// objclean.com/ 10
11. Code Runner 11
12. Code Runner • Detects installed languages and allows you to run snippets of code • €8.99 on Mac App Store (https:// itunes.apple.com/ie/app/coderunner/ id433335799?mt=12) 12
13. Reveal 13
14. Reveal • Runtime inspection for iOS apps • Live editing of views 14
15. Reveal 15
16. Reveal • Evaluation version available from http:// revealapp.com/ • $89 individual, $179 per seat in a company • Utterly, utterly indispensable 16
17. Tokens for Mac 17
18. Tokens for Mac • Helps manage redemption codes • Provides auto-redeeming links 18
19. Tokens for Mac • Download at http://usetokens.com/ • Free for one app • $29 for use with multiple apps/developer accounts • Irish built - support your local developers! 19
20. What do you use? • Always on the hunt for something that eliminates coding tedium • Got a favourite tool? Let me know: @karlmonaghan • Slides with links on http:// karlmonaghan.com/ 20