Yet another Dependency Manager

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1. Yet another Dependency manager by the creator of @AirportQuiz

2. Cocoapods • since 17/9/2011 • originally created by @alloy •

   written in ruby • currently 7499 packages published

3. Carthage • since 18/11/2014 • created by jspahrsummers • written

   in Swift • theoretically every Xcode project can be a package

4. Cocoapods Installation gem install cocoapods

5. Carthage installation brew install carthage

6. Providing a package (Cocoapods edition) • build your project •

   specify a podspec (easy ruby syntax) • push it to trunk • new authentication system • pushes it to Github specs repository

7. Providing a package (Carthage edition) • build your project •

   define dependencies (if any) in a Cartfile (custom DSL) • provide a Xcode project that builds a framework

8. Integrating other projects into yours (Cocoapods) • Write it down

   in Podfile • pod "NBNRealmBrowser", '~> 0.2.0' • pod install • Cocoapods will download dependencies and integrate them into your project

9. Integrate other projects into yours (Carthage) • Write down in

   Cartfile • github "NBNPhotoChooser" ~> 0.2.0 • carthage update • integrate the built .frameworks yourself

10. Upsides Cocoapods • well done dev toolset around dependencies •

    Cocoadocs • project bootstrapping • widely adopted and supported • no integration pain

11. Upsides Carthage • new and fresh • not another language

    to know • feels more natural for iOS developers

12. Downsides Cocoapods • modifies your project and you have to

    use a Xcode workspace • written in Ruby

13. Downsides Carthage • pretty new • adoption is not as

    widely as with cocoapods • integration is still a small pain • iOS 8 only

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