You can use the hasPrefix(_:) method to test whether a string begins with the specified prefix. (more…)

Mobile developer, kart aficionado, cinephile and musician in spare times. Not necessarily in that order.

Simple operations to add/remove time to a date can be several lines long. Many of my extensions help with the readability of the class. (more…)

There has been a ton of debate on the swift-evolution mailing lists about access control in Swift. A couple of days ago, the proposal SE-0159: Fix Private Access Levels was rejected. I want to share my thoughts on this, as well as thoughts on the larger s... (more…)

The TIOBE Programming Community index is an indicator of the popularity of programming languages. (more…)