How to build your own libraries using Xcode 6 and Cocoa Touch Frameworks. This deck was part of the presentations for February, 2015 Tech talks at Rent the Runway in NYC Demo screencast: https://vimeo.com/119957705

1. HOW TO BUILD YOUR OWN
IOS FRAMEWORKBILLY TOBON @ RENT THE RUNWAY
FEBRUARY 17TH, 2015

2. WHY?

3. ▸ Split your app in multiple apps
▸ Create new apps
▸ Create extensions or Apple Watch widgets
▸ Open source your code

4. BONUS POINTS
▸ (Re)learn your code
▸ Pay your techinical debt
▸ Oportunity to Unit test
▸ A chance to document your code

5. WHAT GOES
IN A FRAMEWORK?

6. ▸ Model classes like User or Product
▸ Networking components
▸ Common business logic
▸ Assets
▸ UI Controls
▸ Helpers and extensions

7. WHAT ARE MY OPTIONS?
▸ Cocoa Touch Static Library
▸ CocoaPods
▸ Cocoa Touch Frameworks

8. COCOA TOUCH STATIC LIBRARY
▸ Only binary output
▸ Traditional way
▸ Only code, no assets
▸ Not so easy setup

9. COCOAPODS
▸ Open source alternative (Ruby gem)
▸ Widely used
▸ Share source, assets or binaries
▸ Easy setup for basic use

10. COCOA TOUCH FRAMEWORKS
▸ New in XCode 6 and iOS 8
▸ Easy setup***
▸ Same look and feel of Apple frameworks
▸ No need of extra software

11. LET'S TRY IT!*
*
last famous words

12. GOOD THINGS TO DO
▸ Manage versions
▸ Favor Deprecations
▸ Unit test
▸ Document (Good docs)
▸ Follow a styleguide
▸ NSBundles

13. TO LEARN MORE...
▸ WWDC 2014 - Building Modern Frameworks
▸ Cocoapods.org
▸ gentlebytes.com/appledoc
▸ XCodeCoverage

14. GRACIAS
NO CORGIS WERE HARMED IN THE
MAKING OF THIS DEMO1
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