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Show HN: Swift Guides – like RailsCasts for Swift

11 points by zrail 12y ago

zrail 12y ago
Hey guys, In case you missed it, Swift Guides will be taking contributions. Once pro accounts are up and running we'll be doing a really generous revenue sharing deal for contributors. If you'd like to publish on Swift Guides just check the checkbox when you sign up for the list and I'll contact you directly. http://www.swiftguides.io/contribute http://www.swiftguides.io/contribute
- rubiquity 12y ago
  I found an error in your copy on the contribute[0] page: "...Sign up for the mailing list to be notified when Stripe Guides is ready for contributors to start adding content." That should probably be Swift instead of Stripe. 0 - http://www.swiftguides.io/contribute http://www.swiftguides.io/contribute
  - zrail 12y ago
    Fixed! Thanks.
- guynamedloren 12y ago
  Might be a good use case for Penflip (https://www.penflip.com/ https://www.penflip.com/), which is like GitHub for writing. A Swift Korean translation effort popped up this morning, and is in full swing: https://www.penflip.com/jjuakim/swift-korean https://www.penflip.com/jjuakim/swift-korean Disclosure: I'm the Penflip developer
tomp 12y ago
Is this anything else than profiteering spam?
- joshdance 12y ago
  If they actually make courses, yes it is a real product. If not, then yes profiteering spam. Give them a little benefit of the doubt, but if you doubt too much, don't give em your email.
  - tomp 12y ago
    That's the point - they are not making product, it's just "coming soon".
- michaelbuckbee 12y ago
  Everybody talks about "hustle" and how great it is - this guy seems like he's actually doing it.
sergiotapia 12y ago
The language just came out to the public yesterday, how can anyone start giving classes on this stuff? (Unless I'm mistaken, please correct me)
- albemuth 12y ago
  It just came out yesterday and they spent their time doing this instead of learning the language
rubiquity 12y ago
When I was making my morning coffee today, I asked myself: "How quickly will a $9/month video service for learning Swift appear?" I thought three days, so I was wrong. This is entirely too opportunistic for my tastes because: 1. There isn't even any content yet. 2. Swift came out yesterday, what the hell makes you an authority? (yes, I know most of the language features aren't ground breaking, but still) 3. I imagine the people able to successfully teach Swift will also have great knowledge of the iOS/OS X APIs. I'd trust an existing Objective-C based learning tool way more than this one.

11 points by zrail 12y ago

zrail 12y ago

Hey guys, In case you missed it, Swift Guides will be taking contributions. Once pro accounts are up and running we'll be doing a really generous revenue sharing deal for contributors. If you'd like to publish on Swift Guides just check the checkbox when you sign up for the list and I'll contact you directly. http://www.swiftguides.io/contribute http://www.swiftguides.io/contribute

rubiquity 12y ago
I found an error in your copy on the contribute[0] page: "...Sign up for the mailing list to be notified when Stripe Guides is ready for contributors to start adding content." That should probably be Swift instead of Stripe. 0 - http://www.swiftguides.io/contribute http://www.swiftguides.io/contribute
- zrail 12y ago
  Fixed! Thanks.
guynamedloren 12y ago
Might be a good use case for Penflip (https://www.penflip.com/ https://www.penflip.com/), which is like GitHub for writing. A Swift Korean translation effort popped up this morning, and is in full swing: https://www.penflip.com/jjuakim/swift-korean https://www.penflip.com/jjuakim/swift-korean Disclosure: I'm the Penflip developer

tomp 12y ago

Is this anything else than profiteering spam?

joshdance 12y ago
If they actually make courses, yes it is a real product. If not, then yes profiteering spam. Give them a little benefit of the doubt, but if you doubt too much, don't give em your email.
- tomp 12y ago
  That's the point - they are not making product, it's just "coming soon".
michaelbuckbee 12y ago
Everybody talks about "hustle" and how great it is - this guy seems like he's actually doing it.

sergiotapia 12y ago

The language just came out to the public yesterday, how can anyone start giving classes on this stuff? (Unless I'm mistaken, please correct me)

albemuth 12y ago
It just came out yesterday and they spent their time doing this instead of learning the language

rubiquity 12y ago

When I was making my morning coffee today, I asked myself: "How quickly will a $9/month video service for learning Swift appear?" I thought three days, so I was wrong. This is entirely too opportunistic for my tastes because: 1. There isn't even any content yet. 2. Swift came out yesterday, what the hell makes you an authority? (yes, I know most of the language features aren't ground breaking, but still) 3. I imagine the people able to successfully teach Swift will also have great knowledge of the iOS/OS X APIs. I'd trust an existing Objective-C based learning tool way more than this one.