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I've recently started working on an iOS app in Swift 3 and it's a mostly pleasant experience, even though XCode doesn't have Vim keybinds. I hope Swift can bre

by scribu 10y ago

I've recently started working on an iOS app in Swift 3 and it's a mostly pleasant experience, even though XCode doesn't have Vim keybinds. I hope Swift can break out of the app-building niche, but from these slides it sounds like it will be a while until it can compete with Go and others in the high-concurrency space.

SmileyKeith 10y ago
XVim[0] still works well if you're willing to resign Xcode. There are simple instructions in INSTALL_Xcode8.md. 0: https://github.com/XVimProject/XVim https://github.com/XVimProject/XVim
- rudedogg 10y ago
  I've been using XVim as well. The only downside is that it hides the cursor in Swift Playgrounds, so they can't really be used. No problems inside Xcode projects though.
  - SmileyKeith 10y ago
    That is fixed in an open PR: https://github.com/XVimProject/XVim/pull/1016 https://github.com/XVimProject/XVim/pull/1016
    - rudedogg 10y ago
      This is awesome, thank you! I shared on https://github.com/XVimProject/XVim/issues/998 https://github.com/XVimProject/XVim/issues/998 since a lot of people have been waiting there.
chadcmulligan 10y ago
I use appcode - it has vim bindings I believe. also appcode has bookmarks which for some reason xcode has removed. The latest appcode is almost as good as xcode for 'fix-its', though still a bit slower
ontouchstart 10y ago
With docker and Swift Playgroundbooks [1] app for iPad (+ AirDrop) I can write proof-of-concept Swift Code completely without Xcode. [1] https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/Xcode/Conceptual/swift_playgrounds_doc_format/ https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/Xc...
solidsnack9000 10y ago
GCD is actually entirely viable now and widely used in iOS apps as well as forming the basis for server-side web frameworks like Kitura (for example: https://github.com/IBM-Swift/Kitura-net/blob/ff2deb97a2375fa54c5e18d9b785e298b95b230c/Sources/KituraNet/ListenerGroup.swift#L38 https://github.com/IBM-Swift/Kitura-net/blob/ff2deb97a2375fa...).

by scribu 10y ago

SmileyKeith 10y ago

XVim[0] still works well if you're willing to resign Xcode. There are simple instructions in INSTALL_Xcode8.md. 0: https://github.com/XVimProject/XVim https://github.com/XVimProject/XVim

rudedogg 10y ago
I've been using XVim as well. The only downside is that it hides the cursor in Swift Playgrounds, so they can't really be used. No problems inside Xcode projects though.
- SmileyKeith 10y ago
  That is fixed in an open PR: https://github.com/XVimProject/XVim/pull/1016 https://github.com/XVimProject/XVim/pull/1016
  - rudedogg 10y ago
    This is awesome, thank you! I shared on https://github.com/XVimProject/XVim/issues/998 https://github.com/XVimProject/XVim/issues/998 since a lot of people have been waiting there.

chadcmulligan 10y ago

I use appcode - it has vim bindings I believe. also appcode has bookmarks which for some reason xcode has removed. The latest appcode is almost as good as xcode for 'fix-its', though still a bit slower

ontouchstart 10y ago

With docker and Swift Playgroundbooks [1] app for iPad (+ AirDrop) I can write proof-of-concept Swift Code completely without Xcode. [1] https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/Xcode/Conceptual/swift_playgrounds_doc_format/ https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/Xc...

solidsnack9000 10y ago

GCD is actually entirely viable now and widely used in iOS apps as well as forming the basis for server-side web frameworks like Kitura (for example: https://github.com/IBM-Swift/Kitura-net/blob/ff2deb97a2375fa54c5e18d9b785e298b95b230c/Sources/KituraNet/ListenerGroup.swift#L38 https://github.com/IBM-Swift/Kitura-net/blob/ff2deb97a2375fa...).