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August is iOS month

June saw me ask for your help as I started to learn Swift. July was busy with travel. Now August is iOS month.

Creating an asset pipeline with Jekyll-Assets

When I started again on this site, I wanted to make sure it was going to load fast. Performance matters.

Critique my Swift on Exercism

I am currently in the middle of a Swift and iOS course with the excellent Big Nerd Ranch. Taking a week to dedicate to learning a new language and framework means I can block out all other distractions and really focus. And as this goes on, I’d like your help.

Building up and sending an Ajax request is so much easier than it ever used to be. No longer must we hassle ourselves with XMLHttpRequest, never mind the horror of ActiveX’s ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP"). The Fetch API is here (and it is polyfilled for older browsers). Then there’s the FormData object that makes building up and submitting form data really easy, especially compared to the 130 or so lines of JavaScript you’d need to do it yourself.

No running site is ever completely finished. This one is no exception.