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A lot more than just the UI layer is closed source. Where is the Core Data source?
by krschultz 12y ago
A lot more than just the UI layer is closed source. Where is the Core Data source?
- aaronbrethorst 12y agoWhere is the Core Data source? I'm pretty sure it's sealed in a wooden box—right next to the Ark of the Covenant—in that warehouse you see at the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark. * Core Data uses exceptions for control flow: http://restkit.tumblr.com/post/40736602228/dealing-with-core-data-phantom-breakpoints http://restkit.tumblr.com/post/40736602228/dealing-with-core... * "iCloud with Core Data is a developer’s worst nightmare" http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/26/4148628/why-doesnt-icloud-just-work http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/26/4148628/why-doesnt-icloud-... * Apple's documentation is a joke: http://thermal-core.com/2013/09/07/in-defense-of-core-data-part-I.html http://thermal-core.com/2013/09/07/in-defense-of-core-data-p... * The object graph model is a problematic abstraction for a lot of what we want to do with a persistence framework: http://inessential.com/2010/02/26/on_switching_away_from_core_data http://inessential.com/2010/02/26/on_switching_away_from_cor... (NSBatchUpdateRequest doesn't do me much good since I can't drop support for iOS 7.x, or 6.x for that matter, yet) I could go on, but you get the idea...