iOS Programming Resources

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iOS Programming Resources

This is my curated list of iOS related programming resources. I will try to keep this as up-to-date as I can.

Essentials

• Apple Documentation
• iPhone Dev 101
• Stack Overflow
• iOS Fonts
• WWDC Videos
• raywenderlich.com
• #iphonedev, #swift-lang, #cocoa-init on freenode IRC
• Practical Swift
• Swift Blog (Apple)

Videos

• 360 iDev Session Videos
• Stanford iTunes U
• Harvard CS50
• Realm.io Apple Videos

Blogs

• NSBlog – Mike Ash
• Rapture in Venice
• NSHipster
• Alexander Edge’s Blog
• NSScreenCast
• iOS Dev Weekly
• CocoaManifest
• Teehan+Lax
• Erica Sadun’s Blog
• QualityCoding
• Florian Kugler’s Blog
• Objc.io
• Matt Galloway’s Blog
• F*ing Block Syntax – Block syntax cheat sheet, URL is NSFW, but site is ok.
• Hamster Emporium
• Borkware Blog
• We  Swift
• This Week in Swift – Weekly newsletter about the goings on in the Swift community
• Soroush Khanlou’s Blog – I love some of his thoughts on view controllers
• Ben Sandofsky’s Blog

Books

• The Swift Programming Language
• Design Patterns – Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software (Gang of Four)
• Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship

Programming Tools

• Reveal – Web inspector like tool for iOS development.
• AppCode – Alternate IDE, it has it’s ups and downs.
• PaintCode – Draw graphics and convert to CoreGraphics calls.
• CodeRunner – Run code snippets and experiment without building a whole new project.
• Sketch – Good app for designing pixel-perfect iOS graphics.
• Coffitivity – Ambient noise for creative people (sounds like you are in a coffee shop).
• NatureSpace – Ambient noise (nature themed)
• Base – GUI for editing and examining SQL/SQLite data stores
• RESTed – Tool for testing HTTP requests and API
• ASCIIwwdc – Full searchable transcripts of WWDC sessions
• Pixelmator – Excellent Mac only image editor
• Nomad – A set of scripts to assist with iOS deployment and debugging tasks.
• CocoaPods – Dependency Management for Xcode Projects.
• FauxPas – Inspects your project file and warns about possible bugs, as well as about maintainability and style issues.

Resources

• Pttrns – Design showcase, good for getting inspired.
• Dribbble – Again another design website, I use this to come up with ideas.
• PatternCraft – A short video series that explains software design patterns with the game StarCraft.
• Game Programming Patterns – Software development patterns for game design.
• That Thing in Swift – A site for help on translating patterns from Objective-C to Swift.
• Handmade Hero – A video series on building a game from scratch. it’s for Windows, but I still find it fascinating.

Assets

• SubtlePatterns – Royalty free patterns and textures.
• SimpleDesktops – I feel that a good wallpaper can help me get into a working mood
• Freesound – Creative Commons licensed audio content

Libraries

• SwiftyJSON – A Better way to parse JSON in Swift

Conferences

• CocoaConf – Excellent iOS/Mac dev conference with lots of locations, I have gone several times and highly recommend it.
• 360 iDev

Just For Fun

• Coding Confessional – Anonymous confessions for your coding mistakes
• The Coding Love – GIF’s for developers