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Swiftybones - GPIO library for the Beaglebone

Jon Hoffman

Nov 23, 2022
3 min

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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Comparable Protocol: Protocol Oriented Design within Swift

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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Equatable Protocol: Protocol Oriented Design within Swift

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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Controlling GPIO pins with Swift and libgpiod

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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Protocol Oriented Design and Protocol Oriented Design Patterns

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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Iterator Pattern: Protocol Oriented Design Pattern

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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Protocol-Oriented Programming with Protocol-Oriented Design

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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Abstract Factory Pattern: Protocol Oriented Design Pattern

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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Factory Method Pattern: Protocol Oriented Design Pattern

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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Adapter Pattern: Protocol Oriented Design Pattern

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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Decorator Pattern: Protocol Oriented Design Pattern

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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Singleton Pattern: Protocol Oriented Design Pattern

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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Strategy Pattern: Protocol Oriented Design Pattern

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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Command Pattern: Protocol Oriented Design Pattern

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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Swift Protocols Part 4: Associated Types with Protocols

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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Swift Protocols Part 3: Protocol Extensions

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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Swift Protocols Part 2: Protocol Inheritance and Composition

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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