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

BE A SOFTWARE DEVELOPER 

BEING A GREAT DEVELOPER MEANS BEING A GREAT PROBLEM SOLVER 

BEING A GREAT PROBLEM SOLVER MEANS DRAWING FROM VARIED EXPERIENCE 

"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 

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(); 

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

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

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

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

"Generics? Don't need 'em" 

YOUR FAVORITE PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE IS AN IMPLEMENTATION DETAIL 

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

STRONG OPINIONS WEAKLY HELD 

"What would you change about Objective-C?" 

"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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"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 

"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." 

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

THANK YOU @IRACE