Haikus of Code with Erica Sadun - Part 2

In the second part of our interview with Erica Sadun, Leo gets more in-depth on the Swift Argument Parser, how we are using it, setup and parsing complexities, and more.

Show Notes

Guest

• Erica Sadun (website)
  • @ericasadun (Twitter)
  • @erica (GitHub)
  • Swift Style, Second Edition by Erica Sadun

Related Episodes

• Episode 20: WWDC 2019 - Mac Development with Daniel Jalkut
• Episode 49: Vapor 4 with Tibor Bödecs
• Episode 34: Server-Side Swift with Tim Condon

Related Links

• try! Swift World
• Swift Argument Parser
• yonaskolb/Mint (GitHub) - THE WAY to install Swift Package Tools
• WE FOUND AN INSTALLATION TOOL! - “mint” (a simple SwiftPM installer) has improved my command line life - Erica Sadun
• Musings on `Result` and building a command line utility with completion handlers - Erica Sadun
• Swift Package Continuous Integration - Leo Dion
• Erica's Command Line Tools
  • erica/now (GitHub) - Times around the world... 
  • erica/remind (GitHub) - Schedule a notification-center reminder from the command-line... 
  • erica/lns (GitHub) - Because no one can remember how to use `ln -s` when it really matters
• Leo's Command Line Tools
  • brightdigit/eggseed (GitHub) - Command Line Tool for Starting Your Swift Packages with Continuous Integration
  • brightdigit/AssetLib (GitHub) - Create and Build Asset Catalog and Templates
  • SwiftPackageIndex/PackageListValidator (GitHub) - A tool for validating the Swift Package Index package list
• HomeBrew Stuff (for Swift Packages - See Mint)
  • HomeBrew Home Page - https://brew.sh
  • How to Create a Tap
  • How to Create a Cask (for Mac GUI Apps)
  • How to Create a Formula (Command Line Apps) 
• docopt - Command-line interface description language
• kylef/Commander (GitHub) - Compose beautiful command line interfaces in Swift
• JohnSundell/Publish (GitHub) - A static site generator for Swift developers
• Heartwitch
• Speculid
• Gimp
• Inkscape
• MacDown
• Ulysses
• VT100 codes 🙄
• Exit Codes
• Swift Language Change Log
• Swift on Windows

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Swift Argument Parser

• How does the parser work?
• What's the difference between Argument, Option, and Flag?
• What folks find challenging with it?
• How we are using the new library?
• How to run asynchronously with command line tools?
• How log and write to stdout and stderr?
• Dealing with errors
• Future of Swift 

... also Leo wants to waste time porting SwiftUI into terminal apps

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ericasadun

geek girl and brood

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