Jon Hoffman
Swiftybones - GPIO library for the Beaglebone
We have released the first version of the new SwiftyBones library which is a GPIO library, written in Swift, for the Beaglebone. We have...
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Jon Hoffman
- Oct 30, 2022
- 3 min
Comparable Protocol: Protocol Oriented Design within Swift
In a previous post we looked at how the Equatable protocol is used. We also noted that this protocol is a good example of how Swift uses...
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Jon Hoffman
- Oct 15, 2022
- 3 min
Equatable Protocol: Protocol Oriented Design within Swift
When we want to find good examples of Protocol Oriented design in Swift, we do not have to look any further that the Swift language...
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Jon Hoffman
- Oct 12, 2022
- 7 min
Controlling GPIO pins with Swift and libgpiod
In last week’s post we showed how to get the new Beaglebone AI-64 setup with Swift installed. The instructions from that post, for...
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Jon Hoffman
- Oct 9, 2022
- 7 min
print(“Hello BeagleBone AI-64”)
As long as I can remember I have had a fascinating with electronics and robotics. As a kid I would take apart my transistor radio or...
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Jon Hoffman
- Oct 2, 2022
- 8 min
Parallelism and Concurrency in Swift
The async and await keywords were added with SE-0296 in Swift 5.5. The latest version the Mastering Swift series was written for Swift...
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Jon Hoffman
- Sep 25, 2022
- 5 min
Protocol Oriented Design and Protocol Oriented Design Patterns
The first publication of the Gang of Four's Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object- Oriented Software was released in October 1994....
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Jon Hoffman
- Sep 18, 2022
- 3 min
Iterator Pattern: Protocol Oriented Design Pattern
The Iterator pattern is a behavior design pattern that enables us to iterate or traverse the elements of a collection without exposing...
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Jon Hoffman
- Sep 4, 2022
- 10 min
Protocol-Oriented Programming with Protocol-Oriented Design
I am going to take a quick break from my posts on Protocol-Oriented Design Patterns, and write a quick post on what Protocol-Oriented...
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Jon Hoffman
- Aug 28, 2022
- 4 min
Abstract Factory Pattern: Protocol Oriented Design Pattern
The abstract factory pattern is a creational design pattern where a super factory method is provided to encapsulate a group of individual...
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Jon Hoffman
- Aug 21, 2022
- 3 min
Factory Method Pattern: Protocol Oriented Design Pattern
The factory method pattern is a creational design pattern where factory methods are provided to create instances of related types. The...
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Jon Hoffman
- Aug 13, 2022
- 5 min
Value and Reference Types in Swift
In the infamous “Crusty Talk” at WWDC 2015, Dave Abrahams said “Don’t start with the class. Start with the Protocol”. In my humble...
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Jon Hoffman
- Aug 7, 2022
- 2 min
Adapter Pattern: Protocol Oriented Design Pattern
The adapter pattern is a structural design pattern that enables the interface of an existing type to be used as a different interface. ...
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Jon Hoffman
- Aug 7, 2022
- 3 min
Decorator Pattern: Protocol Oriented Design Pattern
The decorator pattern is a structural design pattern that enables us to extend or alter the functionality of types without affecting the...
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Jon Hoffman
- Aug 4, 2022
- 3 min
Singleton Pattern: Protocol Oriented Design Pattern
The singleton pattern is a fairly controversial pattern among certain parts of the development community. Some would even call it an...
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Jon Hoffman
- Aug 3, 2022
- 3 min
Strategy Pattern: Protocol Oriented Design Pattern
The Strategy pattern is a behavior design pattern where we encapsulate algorithms into single types. We are then able to use these types...
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Jon Hoffman
- Jul 31, 2022
- 4 min
Command Pattern: Protocol Oriented Design Pattern
The command pattern is a behavior design pattern where we encapsulate all the information and logic necessary to perform actions into...
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Jon Hoffman
- Jul 31, 2022
- 4 min
Swift Protocols Part 4: Associated Types with Protocols
Protocols are the core that the Swift programming language is built upon. Understanding how they work and what makes them so powerful is...
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Jon Hoffman
- Jul 27, 2022
- 4 min
Swift Protocols Part 3: Protocol Extensions
Protocols are the core in which the Swift programming language is built upon. Understanding how they work and what makes them so...
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Jon Hoffman
- Jul 24, 2022
- 6 min
Swift Protocols Part 2: Protocol Inheritance and Composition
Protocols are the core on which the Swift programming language is built upon. Understanding how they work and what makes them so...
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