reactivecocoa Archives

Functional Programming

ReactiveCocoa: Understanding switchToLatest

An example of using -map: and -switchToLatest: to subscribe to signals on a sequence of changing objects.

Objective-C

combineLatest vs. zip in ReactiveCocoa

A couple of examples showing the differences between the +combineLatest: and +zip: operators in ReactiveCocoa.

Objective-C

Replacing the Objective-C “Delegate Pattern” with ReactiveCocoa

Objective-C's delegate pattern isn't flexible and spreads out one particular concern into multiple areas. Here's a way to replace it using ReactiveCocoa.

Ruby Motion

Working around RubyMotion’s Memory Management Limitations

The memory semantics in Objective-C are not available in RubyMotion, so extra care needs to be taken when dealing with lambdas and cyclical references.

Objective-C

ReactiveCocoa & Complex User Interfaces

I had an opportunity to truly leverage the power of ReactiveCocoa when I found myself facing a complex user interface that took a multitude of user inputs.

Ruby Motion

Unit Testing with ReactiveCocoa and RubyMotion

ReactiveCocoa's paradigm has a big impact on how we test, what we test, and what tools we choose to build our tests. Here's how we're approaching it.

Ruby Motion

ReactiveCocoa & RubyMotion: The Setup

Prepare to use ReactiveCocoa to achieve reduced state and complexity in your RubyMotion iOS development project.

Ruby Motion

ReactiveCocoa: The Future of Cocoa Programming

ReactiveCocoa will improve the structure and reduce the complexity of your code. Most importantly, it removes the need for keeping track of state.