PinnedRick MartinezUnderstanding Concurrency and Grand Central DispatchWhen anything is being referred to as being “concurrent,” it is being compared with something else that is being done at the same time…Dec 7, 2020Dec 7, 2020
Rick MartinezUnit Testing Your CodeThis is a simple overview of what unit testing is, why it’s used, and different ways you can test your code.Feb 9, 2021Feb 9, 2021
Rick MartinezUnderstanding Core Data (Beginners Guide)Database — a comprehensive collection of related data organized for convenient access, generally in a computer.Feb 6, 2021Feb 6, 2021
Rick MartinezWhere am I? (Learning Mapkit)This week was all about working with Mapkit. We are all familiar with maps when we want to know where we are or to get directions…Dec 22, 2020Dec 22, 2020
Rick MartinezThis week in iOS Development(API’s and JSON)This week in iOS development, I was able to make a weather app that requested and stored your current location and then gave you the…Nov 24, 2020Nov 24, 2020
Rick MartinezAdding a UIDatePicker to UITextField(Extensions)During this week of learning app development, we dove into complex input screens with a UITalbeView.Nov 11, 2020Nov 11, 2020
Rick MartinezButtons in UITableView (Protocols and Delegates)This last project I did really helped me understand the use of Protocols and Delegates. I had somewhat understood the concept but it was…Oct 7, 2020Oct 7, 2020
Rick MartinezI Don’t Git It (Version Control)I was today years old when I learned and understood what Git was. Hidden in the MacOS(and Linux), there is a great functionality that…Sep 9, 2020Sep 9, 2020
Rick MartinezMy Very First App (Guard Statements)For the past two weeks I have been working on my very first app, a calculator. It was a great learning experience to build this because I…Sep 1, 2020Sep 1, 2020
Rick MartineziOS Dev Academy Short Takeaway (Auto-Layout)It’s been a while with all this Covid-19 going on since I have posted an article. I think that I am back in the groove of things again and…Aug 7, 2020Aug 7, 2020