#70 - The Source Awakens




More Than Just Code podcast - iOS and Swift development, news and advice show

Summary: This week we reminisce about out earliest Star Wars memories. <strong>NO SPOILERS!</strong> We follow up on a decent USB-C port adapter. Greg reports on PromiseKit. We also follow up on developer's salaries in Canada at least. We discuss the interview of Craig Federighi on The Talk Show, as well Greg's plans to explore more on Swift.org. We discuss building for Android with Android Studio and cross platform with React Native. We follow up on Greg's experience with Apple Pay. Picks: This Week on Swift.org, Android Feast Episode 70 Show Notes: <ul> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graeme_Devine" target="_blank">Graeme Devine</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/mxcl/PromiseKit" target="_blank">PromiseKit</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/Thomvis/BrightFutures" target="_blank">BrightFutures</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.theverge.com/2015/12/16/10285954/macbook-usb-c-hub-charging-neo-c" target="_blank">Here's the MacBook USB-C adapter that Apple should have made</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/small-business/sb-managing/human-resources/in-a-fierce-fight-for-talent-canadian-startups-try-to-edge-out-google-and-facebook/article25827986/" target="_blank">In a fierce fight for talent, Canadian startups try to edge out Google and Facebook</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.gapjumpers.me" target="_blank">Hire great talent "The Voice" way.</a></li> <li><a href="https://daringfireball.net/thetalkshow/2015/12/14/ep-139" target="_blank">‘HOW MANY FINGERS SHOULD THIS BABY HAVE?’, WITH SPECIAL GUESTS CRAIG FEDERIGHI AND JOHN SIRACUSA</a></li> <li><a href="http://developer.android.com/tools/studio/index.html" target="_blank">Android Studio</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.raywenderlich.com/122676/introducing-the-android-feast" target="_blank">Introducing the Android Feast!</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.reactnative.com" target="_blank">USE REACT NATIVE</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.rubymotion.com" target="_blank">Rubymotion</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.scala-lang.org" target="_blank">Scala Language</a></li> <li><a href="http://gradle.org" target="_blank">Gradle</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.metrolinx.com/en/" target="_blank">Metrolinx</a></li> </ul> Episode 70 Picks: <ul> <li><a href="http://www.jessesquires.com/open-source-swift-weekly-2/" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: 400;">This week on Swift.org</span></a></li> <li><a href="http://www.raywenderlich.com/122676/introducing-the-android-feast" target="_blank">Introducing the Android Feast!</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.starwars.com/the-force-awakens/">Star Wars - The Force Awakens</a></li> </ul>