Announcing new Pro Course: Reusable iOS Frameworks!

Announcing new Pro Course: Reusable iOS Frameworks!

Have you ever found yourself writing the same code over and over again for different apps? It’s easier than you think to create reusable frameworks that you can reuse across apps — and save yourself time and frustration in the process.

Learn about the different ways to store your reusable code for a Swift project, how to write methods and functions in a reusable way, and how to think about your end user as a developer rather than a user by focusing on API design principles and access control in our new Reusing iOS Frameworks course!

Keep reading to hear more about it from course instructor David Okun:

Why should I take your Reusable iOS Frameworks course?

"In a sentence: this course will help you write code that makes it easier to debug code that doesn't work like it should.

When you write iOS apps, you're already intrinsically thinking about how to keep different components of your application logically separated. If you've made a couple of apps, you've also likely had the 'where do we put this code?' discussion more than once. If you take this course, you'll know exactly how to create a module for code that you find yourself reusing quite a bit, and you'll make that question a lot easier to answer.

Also, in my personal opinion, writing code with another developer in mind as your 'end user' is a fun exercise. Not only is it a unique use case in software development that breaks up what can feel monotonous, but it will also help you write better code. It's easy to get scared of what other developers will think of your code — trust me, I do it all the time — but embracing that fear and raising your game, like anything in life, will make you a better software developer."

How can this course help with a common pain point in iOS development?

"I've worked for tiny startups and giant mega corporations, and both of them appreciate a modular approach to software development. If you can tell your management team that you can write code that both gets a lot of mileage and separates concerns in a way that makes your code more approachable, then you're going to enjoy your work a lot more.

It's super important to me to make your apps as easy to digest as possible to newcomers, and this course will teach you how to write code that is both well documented and readable.

When I worked for a biometrics company in London, England, I led a team of developers who created an SDK used by startups, banks, and even Apple themselves. In this course, you'll get a peek at what I've learned about developing friendly developer interfaces for developers from all of those places. "

Can you please share a cool tip about reusable frameworks with us?

"In the course, you'll make use of both the static and class keywords. Both of them enable you to create functions and variables that don't require an instantiated class - but how do they differ?

In this course, you're going to learn about access control, and the difference between the public and open modifiers to access control. Even in an open class, anything you mark with the static keyword can't be overridden. This is important when you want to provide a developer with the ability to override certain features of your class, but still delegate specific components of that class to be constant, no matter what."

Is there anything else we should know about your Reusable iOS Frameworks course?

"Swift Package Manager is being developed by Apple to be an easy solution for importing 3rd party dependencies into your apps. Cocoapods and Carthage have worked before it to solve the problem.

Whether you've used Alamofire to write a network request, SVProgressHUD to throw in an activity indicator, or SDWebImage to easily load an image into a collection, this course will help you empathize with those developers, and take a walk in their shoes."

David's Reusable iOS Frameworks course is available for Professional subscribers now!

— Ray