APPropriate Behaviour
The book about all the things software writers do that aren't writing software.
FSF
Author Archives: Graham
Objective-C, dependencies, linking
In the most recent episode of Edge Cases, Wolf and Andrew discuss dependency management, specifically as it pertains to Objective-C applications that import libraries using the Cocoapods tool. In one app I worked on a few years ago, two different … Continue reading
Posted in code-level, tool-support
Leave a comment
When security procedures go bad
My password with my bank may as well be “I can’t remember, can we go through the security questions please?” That’s my answer so many times when they ask, and every time it gets me in via a slightly tedious … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Comments Off on When security procedures go bad
Specifications for interchanging objects
One of the interesting aspects of Smalltalk and similar languages including Objective-C and Ruby is that while the object model exposes a hierarchy of classes, consumers of objects in these environments are free to ignore the position of the object … Continue reading
Posted in documentation, OOP, software-engineering, TDD, tool-support
1 Comment
Can Objective-C be given safe categories?
That was the subject of this lunchtime’s vague thinking out loud. The problems with categories are well-known: you can override the methods already declared on a class, or the methods provided in another category (and therefore another category can replace … Continue reading
Posted in code-level, OOP
Comments Off on Can Objective-C be given safe categories?
APPropriate Behaviour is almost done
I just pushed another update to APPropriate Behaviour, my work on the things programmers do that aren’t programming. There’s some refinement to the existing material to be done, and a couple of short extra chapters to finish and add. But … Continue reading
Posted in advancement of the self, books
Leave a comment
As the Kaiser Chiefs might say: Ruby ruby ruby n00bie
Imagine someone took the training wheels off of Objective-C. That’s how I currently feel. I’ve actually had a long—erm, not quite “love-hate”, more “‘sup?-meh”—relationship with Ruby. I’ve long wanted to tinker but never really had a project where I could … Continue reading
On designing collections
Introduction This post explores the pros and the cons of following the design rule “Objects responsible for collections of other objects should expose an interface to the collection, not the collection itself”. Examples and other technical discussion is in Objective-C, … Continue reading
Posted in Foundation, OOP, software-engineering
Comments Off on On designing collections
On rewriting your application
I’m really far behind on podcasts. I have a long commute, and listen to one audiobook every month, filling the slack time with a selection of podcasts. It happens that between two really long books (Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson and … Continue reading
Posted in Business, software-engineering
Leave a comment
Rebooting the Programmer Competency Matrix
For the last couple of years, I’ve posted a self-review based on the Programmer Competency Matrix: on my own competency from 2011 and on my newer competence from 2012. This year, because writing on APPropriate Behaviour is continuing apace, I … Continue reading
Posted in advancement of the self
2 Comments
Coupling in a Cocoa[ Touch] App
This is one of my occasional “problem looking for a solution” posts. It’d be great to discuss this over on App.net or G+ or somewhere. I don’t think, at the outset of writing this post, that the last sentence is … Continue reading
Posted in AAPL, code-level, OOP
Comments Off on Coupling in a Cocoa[ Touch] App
