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Marin Usalj
April 29, 2014
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Transcript
Alcatraz the package manager for Xcode
None
how does this even
~/Library/Application\ Support\ /Developer/Shared/Xcode/Plug-ins
./Plug-ins VVDocumenter.xcplugin BeginningOfLine.xcplugin OMColorSense.xcplugin BBUFullIssueNavigator.xcplugin
ZOMG ! PLUGINS!!!!11!! <3 <3
None
+ (void)pluginDidLoad:(NSBundle *)plugin { ! if ([currentApplicationName isEqual:@"Xcode"]) { static
dispatch_once_t onceToken; dispatch_once(&onceToken, ^{ sharedPlugin = [[self alloc] initWithBundle:plugin]; }); } ! }
Everything’s terrible Sincerely, FileMerge.app
+ (void)pluginDidLoad:(NSBundle *)plugin { ! if ([currentApplicationName isEqual:@"Xcode"]) { static
dispatch_once_t onceToken; dispatch_once(&onceToken, ^{ sharedPlugin = [[self alloc] initWithBundle:plugin]; }); } ! }
aapl
I’ll need you to come in tommmmoroooow
and add these DVTPlugInCompatibility UUIDs
that’d be GRRREEEEEAT
Cou … l ..dn’t ww we use. Semantic Versioning?
Oh, almost forgot…
I’ll need you to stop filling radars
and crashing Xcode
otherwise we’ll disable plugins entirely
THANKS
Xcode UUID 5.0 640F884E-CE55-4B40-87C0-8869546CAB7A 5.0.1 640F884E-CE55-4B40-87C0-8869546CAB7A 5.1 A2E4D43F-41F4-4FB9-BB94-7177011C9AED 5.1.1 A2E4D43F-41F4-4FB9-BB94-7177011C9AED
Xcode UUID 5.0 640F884E-CE55-4B40-87C0-8869546CAB7A YOUR PLUGIN 5.1 A2E4D43F-41F4-4FB9-BB94-7177011C9AED
Xcode UUID 5.0 640F884E-CE55-4B40-87C0-8869546CAB7A YOUR PLUGIN 5.1 A2E4D43F-41F4-4FB9-BB94-7177011C9AED 6.0 BASDSDII-JWM3-2987-KKHH-82890MSEBUEM
internals
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Color scheme Templates Xcode Plugin
Color scheme Templates Xcode Plugin
-name -description -iconName -remotePath -isInstalled -screenshotPath ATZPackage.h
@implementation ATZColorScheme ! - (ATZInstaller *)installer { return [ATZColorSchemeInstaller sharedInstaller];
} ! - (NSString *)type { return COLOR_SCHEME; } ! - (BOOL)requiresRestart { return YES; } ! - (NSString *)extension { return DVTCOLORSCHEME; } ! - (NSString *)iconName { return COLOR_SCHEME_ICON_NAME; } ! @end
@implementation ATZPlugin @synthesize requiresRestart; ! - (ATZInstaller *)installer { return
[ATZPluginInstaller sharedInstaller]; } ! - (NSString *)type { return PLUGIN; } ! - (NSString *)extension { return XCPLUGIN; } ! - (NSString *)iconName { return PLUGIN_ICON_NAME; } ! @end
@implementation ATZTemplate ! - (ATZInstaller *)installer { @throw [NSException exceptionWithName:@"Abstract
template" reason:@"Please use one of ATZTemplate subclasses" userInfo:nil]; } ! - (NSString *)type { return nil; } ! - (BOOL)requiresRestart { return NO; } ! - (NSString *)extension { return XCTEMPLATE; } ! - (NSString *)iconName { return TEMPLATE_ICON_NAME; } ! @end
ATZInstaller.h -installPackage:progress:completion: -updatePackage:progress:completion: -removePackage:progress:completion: ! -isPackageInstalled:
ATZInstaller.h ATZColorSchemeInstaller.h ATZTemplateInstaller.h ATZPluginInstaller.h
ATZPluginInstaller.h
ATZTemplateInstaller.h
ATZColorSchemeInstaller.h
updates
git fetch git reset —hard
None
git yolo
how do we update Alcatraz?
Alcatraz is just a plugin
ALCATRAZ USES ALCATRAZ TO UPDATE ALCATRAZ
roadmap
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May 2013
Mar 2014
NDA
CocoaPods
the band
@kattrali KEYBOARDS KEYBOARDS
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many awesome contributors THE ORCHESTRA
thank you Marin Usalj @supermarin | supermar.in