My Top IOS Development ToolKits For the Year
Ever since I discovered my love for ios development, I must say I finally found what I loved so much. Though the start was a little challenging but resources recommended were of great help and they have helped me to grow and scale the different hurdles.
If you are just beginning to learn ios development or you have been developing ios native apps for a while (let’s say since 2008 or like forever lol…😊). You will agree with me that having the right development and supports tools can fast track your learning and take your development to another great level.
I realized from my experience over time while switching from the webspace to the mobile space, that developing for ios has been an interesting and exciting one with the help of tools and resources at hand.
Below are the list of several resources I use regularly in my day to day work as an ios engineer
Development
Xcode is Apple’s integrated development environment for macOS, used to develop software for macOS, iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, and tvOS. Xcode includes everything needed to write code for iOS with Apple’s Swift programming language.
2. SWIFT
Swift is a powerful and intuitive programming language for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS. Writing Swift's code is interactive and fun, the syntax is concise yet expressive, and Swift includes modern features developers love. Swift code is safe by design, yet also produces software that runs lightning-fast.
3. TERMINAL
The Mac Terminal is a command-line system user interface that can help you quickly take control of your operating system, access files location and make changes.
To launch terminal on your mac laptop
Click the Launchpad icon in the Dock, type Terminal in the search field, then click Terminal or In the Finder, open the /Applications/Utilities folder, then double-click Terminal.
4. GITHUB
GitHub is a code hosting platform for version control and collaboration. It lets you and others work together on projects from anywhere.
5. COCOAPODS
CocoaPods manages library dependencies for your Xcode projects. The dependencies for your projects are specified in a single text file called a Podfile. External libraries to be used in your application are linked into it through Cocoapods.
6. SWIFTLINT
SwiftLint is an open-source tool to enforce Swift style and conventions. It is developed by Realm. You can set your coding style rules and force them during development. SwiftLint has a command-line tool, Xcode plugin, AppCode, and Atom integration. So, it always fits your development environment
7. BITRISE
Bitrise is a Continuous Integration and Delivery (CI/CD) Platform as a Service (PaaS) with the main focus on mobile app development (iOS, Android, React Native, Flutter, and so on). It is a collection of tools and services to help you with the development and automation of your software projects.
8. CORE DATA
Core Data is a framework that you use to manage the model layer objects in your application. It provides generalized and automated solutions to common tasks associated with object life cycle and object graph management, including persistence.
9. SDWebImage
A handy iOS library, which helps to easily download, cache, and display web-sourced images in your ios application.
10. STACK OVERFLOW
Stack Overflow is a question-and-answer website for professional and enthusiast programmers. It is a community-based space to find and contribute answers to technical problems
11. TRELLO
Trello is a collaboration tool that organizes your projects into boards. Projects and tasks can be organized into columns and moved around easily to indicate workflow, project ownership, and status.
Learning Resources
I have a habit of learning and reading for at least 2 hours daily while moving from books to videos, this is intending to become better and keep myself updated on practices and tools within the ios ecosystem.
Slack Development Community
As you develop applications over time using the ios development resources, you will realize that these tools are of great help to building and maintaining, both simple and complex applications from the ground up.
If you are looking at starting a career or creating beautiful and awesome applications for iOS, The resources above will be of great help!!!
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