The document discusses CocoaPods, which is a dependency manager and community for sharing Objective-C libraries. It describes how CocoaPods works by allowing developers to create recipes called Podspecs that describe libraries. Users can then list dependencies in a Podfile to install libraries into their Xcode projects with minimal changes. The document also covers acknowledging library licenses and copyrights, validating Podspecs, specification repositories that store Podspecs, plugins for additional commands, and the CocoaPods roadmap for features like a centralized authentication server and improved dependency resolution.

1. Beyond ‘what is
CocoaPods?’
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2. What is
CocoaPods?
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3. WHAT IS COCOAPODS?
A Dependency Manager
A Community around mostly Open-Source
Objective-C code
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4. WHAT IS COCOAPODS?
Users install a Ruby gem
Developers provide recipes, for building
libraries through Xcode, called Podspecs
Users write a list of dependencies in a
Podfile
CocoaPods pulls in externals to your
project with as little changes to your
project as possible
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5. Acknowledgments
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6. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Pods you use in your application
Their copyright information
Their license information
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7. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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8. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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9. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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10. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
It’s not Open-Source unless it has an OSI
approved license
Without any license, you are not allowed
to use other people’s work at all
Most developers ANAL, they won’t bother
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11. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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12. $ pod lib lint
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13. $ POD LIB LINT
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14. $ POD LIB LINT
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15. $ POD LIB LINT
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16. $ POD LIB LINT
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17. $ POD LIB LINT
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18. $ POD LIB LINT
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19. $ POD LIB LINT
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20. Specification
repositories
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21. SPECIFICATION REPOSITORIES
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22. SPECIFICATION REPOSITORIES
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23. Plugins
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24. PLUGINS
$ pod browse ARAnalytics
$ pod doc ORStackView
$ pod try FLKAutoLayout
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25. Roadmap
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26. TRUNK.COCOAPODS.ORG
Centralised authentication server
Handles taking a JSON Podspec and
merging into the Specs repo
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27. ITERATIVE DEPENDENCY RESOLVER
Create a recursive dependency graph,
looking through history
This means that very complex
dependencies can be automated
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28. Thanks
@alloy / @CocoaPods / @CocoaPodsFeed
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