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iOS Dev Tools

126 points by siphonophore 11y ago

s_dev 11y ago
Looks useful, reminds me of Swift Toolbox and Cocoa Controls. I would add two resources to the blogs list: NatashaTheRobot and Dave Verwer's NewsLetters. Both are excellent newsletters for iOS devs.
nimeshneema 11y ago
I'll add a few of my favourites: - iOS Dev Weekly (https://iosdevweekly.com/ https://iosdevweekly.com/) - Little Bites of Cocoa (https://littlebitesofcocoa.com/ https://littlebitesofcocoa.com/) - objc (https://www.objc.io/ https://www.objc.io/) - NSHipster (http://nshipster.com/ http://nshipster.com/) - NSBlog / Friday Q&A from Mike Ash (https://www.mikeash.com/pyblog/ https://www.mikeash.com/pyblog/) - This Week in Swift (https://swiftnews.curated.co/ https://swiftnews.curated.co/) - Erica Sadun (http://ericasadun.com/ http://ericasadun.com/) - Quality Coding (http://qualitycoding.org/ http://qualitycoding.org/) - Use Your Loaf (http://useyourloaf.com/ http://useyourloaf.com/) - Swift Monthly (http://swiftmonthly.com/ http://swiftmonthly.com/) - Cocoa, Objective-C and Swift programming News aggregator (https://twitter.com/cocoadevblogs https://twitter.com/cocoadevblogs)
- morbidhawk 11y ago
  objc.io and nshipster were my two favorite iOS dev blogs. It's a bummer there haven't been new posts for a while. They still have years worth of really high quality content though Edit: Another blog worth following is the Swift Blog (https://swift.org/blog/ https://swift.org/blog/) and the old Swift Blog (https://developer.apple.com/swift/blog/ https://developer.apple.com/swift/blog/) by Apple/Swift engineers
  - cballard 11y ago
    The author of NSHipster works for Apple now and typically, Apple employees don't blog about work - possibly a policy?
barnaclejive 11y ago
More Favorites: - iOS Cookies (http://www.ioscookies.com/ http://www.ioscookies.com/) - iOS Goodies (http://ios-goodies.com/ http://ios-goodies.com/) - NSHipster (http://nshipster.com/ http://nshipster.com/) - Cocoa With Love (http://www.cocoawithlove.com/ http://www.cocoawithlove.com/)
- morbidhawk 11y ago
  Cool, the cocoawithlove blog is active again
michaelmior 11y ago
I was surprised to see the mention of Rollout which I hadn't heard of which claims to allow you to push hot fixes to native iOS apps. Although I've been out of the iOS game for a while, I recalled this being against Apple's ToS. Apparently this is is still true to some degree, but they have an interesting blog post about how they can work around these restrictions. https://blog.rollout.io/2016/01/updating-apps-without-app-store/ https://blog.rollout.io/2016/01/updating-apps-without-app-st...
- pearlsteinj 11y ago
  TLDR; it's because they're not pushing new features but rather bug fixing through the proper channels (Webkit framework or JavascriptCore).
  - michaelmior 11y ago
    The interesting bit being that they can patch native methods using JS. You have to write a specific patch in JS though and still fix the original native code before pushing out the next version.
melling 11y ago
I'm collecting everything that might help a Swift developer. I try to tag urls to keep them organized. If you want to learn about Core Image or SpriteKit, for example: http://www.h4labs.com/dev/ios/swift.html?age=10000&q=CoreImage http://www.h4labs.com/dev/ios/swift.html?age=10000&q=CoreIma... http://www.h4labs.com/dev/ios/swift.html?q=SpriteKit&age=10000 http://www.h4labs.com/dev/ios/swift.html?q=SpriteKit&age=100... I also provide a weekly view that ends on Saturdays: http://www.h4labs.com/dev/ios/swift.html?week=0 http://www.h4labs.com/dev/ios/swift.html?week=0 All the raw data is on Github: https://github.com/melling/SwiftResources https://github.com/melling/SwiftResources
kybernetyk 11y ago
Wow, really extensive site (I sent you a suggestion btw). Something you could improve: Screenshots (where applicable). The lists have that "wall of text" feeling without any graphics.
nimeshneema 11y ago
On a slightly related note, my list of favourite non-development blogs which I follow as an iOS developer: - Daring Fireball (http://daringfireball.net/ http://daringfireball.net/) - The Loop (http://www.loopinsight.com/ http://www.loopinsight.com/) - Six Colors (https://sixcolors.com/ https://sixcolors.com/) - Marco Arment (https://marco.org/ https://marco.org/) - Mac Rumors (http://www.macrumors.com/ http://www.macrumors.com/)
- jayrhynas 11y ago
  Marco did an interview with Computerphile today: http://youtu.be/yVRtJbXQsL8 http://youtu.be/yVRtJbXQsL8
aaronbrethorst 11y ago
I'm biased, but I also like http://www.cocoacontrols.com http://www.cocoacontrols.com :)
Camillo 11y ago
BTW, what is the best Git GUI on Mac? I don't care about price. I have always used the command line, but many operations would be faster with a mouse.
- pnut 11y ago
  Came across gitup today, looks interesting http://gitup.co/ http://gitup.co/
- cvburgess 11y ago
  I personally like Github Desktop for basic operations, it supports any GIT repo, not just GitHub. https://desktop.github.com https://desktop.github.com
- mrcarrot 11y ago
  Tower is excellent.
- nimeshneema 11y ago
  SourceTree (https://www.sourcetreeapp.com/ https://www.sourcetreeapp.com/) is pretty good and free. In case you don't mind going for a paid alternative, Git Tower is good too (https://www.git-tower.com/ https://www.git-tower.com/). Comes with 30 days trial. You may also like to check out a list of GUI clients here: https://git-scm.com/downloads/guis https://git-scm.com/downloads/guis
- deleted 11y ago
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- teh64 11y ago
  If you just want a very simple and opensource one, I use GitX: https://rowanj.github.io/gitx/ https://rowanj.github.io/gitx/
- winta 11y ago
  Tower (https://www.git-tower.com/ https://www.git-tower.com/)
- xenihn 11y ago
SkyMarshal 11y ago
Another worth checking out, esp if you're a coder who wants to learn design> * http://designcode.io/ http://designcode.io/
VPrime 11y ago
Shameless plug.. I think our app hyperPad fits the list https://www.hyperpad.com https://www.hyperpad.com Great for mobile games and other interactive apps. Also awesome for prototyping UI and animations. :)
IamFermat 11y ago
Which SDKs are being used by what mobile apps. So devs can get a sense of what SDKs to use and also what SDKs major apps use. - AppSight.co (http://www.appsight.co/ http://www.appsight.co/)
pkaler 11y ago
Shameless plug for the weekly Swift newsletter I put together: http://www.swiftnews.co http://www.swiftnews.co
joeblau 11y ago
A few things on that list which seem useful, but there are a lot more services on that list than actual tools.
junker101 11y ago
If you work in in any sort of time-sheets based model: WakaTime (https://wakatime.com/ https://wakatime.com/) is indispensable.
black2night 11y ago
great

126 points by siphonophore 11y ago

s_dev 11y ago

Looks useful, reminds me of Swift Toolbox and Cocoa Controls. I would add two resources to the blogs list: NatashaTheRobot and Dave Verwer's NewsLetters. Both are excellent newsletters for iOS devs.

nimeshneema 11y ago

I'll add a few of my favourites: - iOS Dev Weekly (https://iosdevweekly.com/ https://iosdevweekly.com/) - Little Bites of Cocoa (https://littlebitesofcocoa.com/ https://littlebitesofcocoa.com/) - objc (https://www.objc.io/ https://www.objc.io/) - NSHipster (http://nshipster.com/ http://nshipster.com/) - NSBlog / Friday Q&A from Mike Ash (https://www.mikeash.com/pyblog/ https://www.mikeash.com/pyblog/) - This Week in Swift (https://swiftnews.curated.co/ https://swiftnews.curated.co/) - Erica Sadun (http://ericasadun.com/ http://ericasadun.com/) - Quality Coding (http://qualitycoding.org/ http://qualitycoding.org/) - Use Your Loaf (http://useyourloaf.com/ http://useyourloaf.com/) - Swift Monthly (http://swiftmonthly.com/ http://swiftmonthly.com/) - Cocoa, Objective-C and Swift programming News aggregator (https://twitter.com/cocoadevblogs https://twitter.com/cocoadevblogs)

morbidhawk 11y ago
objc.io and nshipster were my two favorite iOS dev blogs. It's a bummer there haven't been new posts for a while. They still have years worth of really high quality content though Edit: Another blog worth following is the Swift Blog (https://swift.org/blog/ https://swift.org/blog/) and the old Swift Blog (https://developer.apple.com/swift/blog/ https://developer.apple.com/swift/blog/) by Apple/Swift engineers
- cballard 11y ago
  The author of NSHipster works for Apple now and typically, Apple employees don't blog about work - possibly a policy?

barnaclejive 11y ago

More Favorites: - iOS Cookies (http://www.ioscookies.com/ http://www.ioscookies.com/) - iOS Goodies (http://ios-goodies.com/ http://ios-goodies.com/) - NSHipster (http://nshipster.com/ http://nshipster.com/) - Cocoa With Love (http://www.cocoawithlove.com/ http://www.cocoawithlove.com/)

morbidhawk 11y ago
Cool, the cocoawithlove blog is active again

michaelmior 11y ago

I was surprised to see the mention of Rollout which I hadn't heard of which claims to allow you to push hot fixes to native iOS apps. Although I've been out of the iOS game for a while, I recalled this being against Apple's ToS. Apparently this is is still true to some degree, but they have an interesting blog post about how they can work around these restrictions. https://blog.rollout.io/2016/01/updating-apps-without-app-store/ https://blog.rollout.io/2016/01/updating-apps-without-app-st...

pearlsteinj 11y ago
TLDR; it's because they're not pushing new features but rather bug fixing through the proper channels (Webkit framework or JavascriptCore).
- michaelmior 11y ago
  The interesting bit being that they can patch native methods using JS. You have to write a specific patch in JS though and still fix the original native code before pushing out the next version.

melling 11y ago

I'm collecting everything that might help a Swift developer. I try to tag urls to keep them organized. If you want to learn about Core Image or SpriteKit, for example: http://www.h4labs.com/dev/ios/swift.html?age=10000&q=CoreImage http://www.h4labs.com/dev/ios/swift.html?age=10000&q=CoreIma... http://www.h4labs.com/dev/ios/swift.html?q=SpriteKit&age=10000 http://www.h4labs.com/dev/ios/swift.html?q=SpriteKit&age=100... I also provide a weekly view that ends on Saturdays: http://www.h4labs.com/dev/ios/swift.html?week=0 http://www.h4labs.com/dev/ios/swift.html?week=0 All the raw data is on Github: https://github.com/melling/SwiftResources https://github.com/melling/SwiftResources

kybernetyk 11y ago

Wow, really extensive site (I sent you a suggestion btw). Something you could improve: Screenshots (where applicable). The lists have that "wall of text" feeling without any graphics.

nimeshneema 11y ago

On a slightly related note, my list of favourite non-development blogs which I follow as an iOS developer: - Daring Fireball (http://daringfireball.net/ http://daringfireball.net/) - The Loop (http://www.loopinsight.com/ http://www.loopinsight.com/) - Six Colors (https://sixcolors.com/ https://sixcolors.com/) - Marco Arment (https://marco.org/ https://marco.org/) - Mac Rumors (http://www.macrumors.com/ http://www.macrumors.com/)

jayrhynas 11y ago
Marco did an interview with Computerphile today: http://youtu.be/yVRtJbXQsL8 http://youtu.be/yVRtJbXQsL8

aaronbrethorst 11y ago

I'm biased, but I also like http://www.cocoacontrols.com http://www.cocoacontrols.com :)

Camillo 11y ago

BTW, what is the best Git GUI on Mac? I don't care about price. I have always used the command line, but many operations would be faster with a mouse.

pnut 11y ago
Came across gitup today, looks interesting http://gitup.co/ http://gitup.co/
cvburgess 11y ago
I personally like Github Desktop for basic operations, it supports any GIT repo, not just GitHub. https://desktop.github.com https://desktop.github.com
mrcarrot 11y ago
Tower is excellent.
nimeshneema 11y ago
SourceTree (https://www.sourcetreeapp.com/ https://www.sourcetreeapp.com/) is pretty good and free. In case you don't mind going for a paid alternative, Git Tower is good too (https://www.git-tower.com/ https://www.git-tower.com/). Comes with 30 days trial. You may also like to check out a list of GUI clients here: https://git-scm.com/downloads/guis https://git-scm.com/downloads/guis
deleted 11y ago
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teh64 11y ago
If you just want a very simple and opensource one, I use GitX: https://rowanj.github.io/gitx/ https://rowanj.github.io/gitx/
winta 11y ago
Tower (https://www.git-tower.com/ https://www.git-tower.com/)
xenihn 11y ago

SkyMarshal 11y ago

Another worth checking out, esp if you're a coder who wants to learn design> * http://designcode.io/ http://designcode.io/

VPrime 11y ago

Shameless plug.. I think our app hyperPad fits the list https://www.hyperpad.com https://www.hyperpad.com Great for mobile games and other interactive apps. Also awesome for prototyping UI and animations. :)

IamFermat 11y ago

Which SDKs are being used by what mobile apps. So devs can get a sense of what SDKs to use and also what SDKs major apps use. - AppSight.co (http://www.appsight.co/ http://www.appsight.co/)

pkaler 11y ago

Shameless plug for the weekly Swift newsletter I put together: http://www.swiftnews.co http://www.swiftnews.co

joeblau 11y ago

A few things on that list which seem useful, but there are a lot more services on that list than actual tools.

junker101 11y ago

If you work in in any sort of time-sheets based model: WakaTime (https://wakatime.com/ https://wakatime.com/) is indispensable.

black2night 11y ago

great