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Xcode 14 & SPM: Deployment Pipeline in Azure
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Background Continuous Deployment (CD) pipelines are great tools to automate the deployment process of a software. Their main objective is to minimise human error and maintain a consistent process for how the software is released.
For Xcode projects this becomes a time critical process once the project has to be built for different configurations and/or environments. Since every configuration might require a different signing method, or even different deployment platform.
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Learnings From The Pragmatic Programmer
At Devies we run a book club where we on a weekly basis discuss topics from a book that we are reading in a common pace. Recently we finished The Pragmatic Programmer, 20th Anniversary Edition. In this post, we’ll share learnings around some of the topics we have discussed.
Tracer Bullets vs Prototypes Two of the topics discussed in the book are tracer bullets and prototypes. The concepts are similar but addresses different problems.
read moreUpgrading Libraries in Your Android Project: A Quick and Easy Guide
Hey fellow developers! Upgrading libraries in your gradle file for an Android project is a crucial part of keeping your project up to date and running smoothly. However, it’s not uncommon to encounter errors or deprecated code after upgrading a library. If this happens to you, don’t panic! There are a few steps you can take to fix the issues and get your project back on track.
Understanding the Role of Gradle Files In an Android project, there are two main gradle build files that you might need to work with: the “build.
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Take Advantage of the Tools in the Toolbox
Last week I ended up spending more time than I expected on debugging. I spent most of the time figuring out why a library did not accept my freshly generated RSA private key. I was supposed to provide the RSA private key as an environment variable RSA_PRIVATE_KEY. I wanted to store the RSA private key in a file private-key.pem so my first attempt became RSA_PRIVATE_KEY=\"$(cat private-key.pem)\" docker-compose up -d, which failed due to decoding issues by the library.
read moreHow Xcode Bamboozled Me
A common dilemma within the field of software development is traversing too deep within documentation to discover the solution to a bug. This struggle can be represented and reflected in many aspects of life, however as developers we encounter this dilemma more often than not. This post is about how I fell into this dilemma and got bamboozled by Apple’s integrated development environment, Xcode.
It’s ten o’clock in the morning and I’ve just configured and bumped the dependencies for my client’s android application which they hadn’t touched for over two years.
read moreWhy You Should Keep a Developer Diary
Every software developer should keep a diary.
Personally I’ve kept one for about a year now, and I’m very content. During some periods I haven’t bothered, and that’s OK. I can always write a new entry tomorrow, or next week.
The diary can cover a lot of different aspects from your daily work. Below are some examples.
Things you’ve learned Accomplishments that you’re proud of Thoughts on dynamics within your team Sketches of ideas Reasoning behind technical decisions Solutions to problems that you’ve struggled with I think the greatest benefit of writing a diary is that you give yourself time to reflect on your daily work.
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