Objective-C Today with Graham Lee

In this episode, Leo invites Graham Lee, Senior Research Software Engineer at the University of Oxford, who's been writing Objective-C for over 20 years and brings his experience to talk about what Swift developers should know about Objective-C and how the language works.

Show Notes

Guest

• Graham Lee - Twitter @iwasleeg
  • Graham's Blog - Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programmers
  • Graham's Book - APPropriate Behaviour

Youtube Video - https://youtu.be/H8O0rj1It1w

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Related Links

• DosAmigans Twitch Stream - Programming on the Amiga 
• [objc retain]
• GNUstep
• Cocotron
• ObjFW
• mulle-objc
• WWDC 2020 - Refine Objective-C frameworks for Swift
• sicpers.info - …and in the end there will be the command line
• sicpers.info - In which I misunderstood Objective-C
• Integrating ​​​C++ Libraries with Swift - BrightDigit
• CairoSVG Objective-C++ Swift Package Example

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Show Notes

• Why you should know something about Objective-C
• Why is Objective-C so different from Swift?
• Is there a purpose for Objective-C outside of Swift?
• Should you still write Objective-C?
• What steps to migrate Objective-C over to Swift?
• How to make sure your Swift is consumable by Objective-C?
• How to work with C++ through Objective-C?
• What are the differences between Dynamic and Static Typed languages?
• What are the benefits of Dynamic vs Static Typed languages?
• What does a PhD in Software Engineering do at Oxford?

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