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10:29
Swift Error and Exception Breakpoints
Debugging Applications With Xcode
Error handling is a key aspect of the Swift language. In several ways errors in Swift are similar to exceptions in Objective-C and C++. Both errors and exceptions indicate that something didn't go as planned. The Swift error and exception breakpoints are useful to debug scenarios in which errors or exceptions are thrown.
in Xcode
6:13
Symbolic Breakpoints
Debugging Applications With Xcode
Earlier in this series, I briefly listed the types of breakpoints you can use in Xcode. In the previous episode, we focused on file and line breakpoints. This episode zooms in on symbolic breakpoints.
in Xcode
10:40
Managing and Editing Breakpoints
Debugging Applications With Xcode
When you're debugging a complex problem, you quickly end up with dozens of breakpoints scattered across your project or workspace. I'd like to start this episode by showing you how you can stay on top of the breakpoints in a project or workspace.
in Xcode
14:07
Stepping Through Code With Breakpoints
Debugging Applications With Xcode
Breakpoints are indispensable for debugging problems in a software project. Debugging an application with breakpoints can appear complex at first, but it isn't difficult once you understand what's going on. While the underlying concept of debugging with breakpoints is simple, you can make it as complex as you want.
in Xcode
5:45
Loading Seed Data From a Remote Server
Seeding a Core Data Persistent Store
In the previous episode, you learned how to load seed data from a file in the application's bundle. It's a common option that isn't that hard to implement. Once you've laid the groundwork, though, the seed data can come from anywhere. Let me show you what changes we need to make to seed the persistent store with data fetched from a remote server.
in Core Data
8:21
Loading Seed Data From a File
Seeding a Core Data Persistent Store
Hard-coding seed data is quick and easy, but it's not my preferred solution. Loading seed data from a file is a strategy I like more. The idea is simple. You include a file with seed data in the application bundle. The file is loaded at runtime and its contents parsed. The contents is used to seed the persistent store with data.
in Core Data
8:12
Avoiding Duplicates
Seeding a Core Data Persistent Store
Every time we launch Notes, the persistent store is seeded with data. That's not what we want as it results in duplicates. In this episode, you learn how to easily avoid duplicates and how to start with a clean slate if you decide you no longer need seed data.
in Core Data
8:34
Seeding Data Asynchronously
Seeding a Core Data Persistent Store
We successfully seeded the Core Data persistent store with hard-coded seed data in the previous episode. While the implementation works fine, it isn't perfect. Seeding the persistent store takes place on the main thread. We invoke the seed() method in the viewDidLoad() method of the NotesViewController class and we insert the managed objects into the main managed object context of the Core Data manager.
in Core Data
7:39
Conditionals
Swift Fundamentals
Control flow is an essential aspect of any programming language. In this and the next episode, we discuss loops and conditionals. We start with conditionals.
in Swift
6:29
Tuples
Swift Fundamentals
Earlier in this series, we covered arrays, sets, and dictionaries. Collections are ideal for storing objects of the same type. Remember that Swift is very strict about type safety. That's why you're not allowed to store a string in an array of integers.
in Swift
9:52
Hard-Coding Seed Data
Seeding a Core Data Persistent Store
Seeding a Core Data persistent store with hard-coded seed data is fast and easy. The application we'll be seeding with data in this episode is Notes, the application we build in Core Data Fundamentals. Download the starter project of this episode if you'd like to follow along.
in Core Data
5:11
Three Strategies
Seeding a Core Data Persistent Store
Seeding an application with data can be helpful for a wide range of reasons, including unit and performance testing. As a developer, seeding an application is simply convenient during development. You want to see and experience what the application feels like with data in it, without having to enter that data in by hand. How does the application perform with hundreds or thousands of records? What is the user experience like?
in Core Data