Frameworks
If you want to render a gradient you’d use this system framework
What is CoreAnimation?
Map, reduce, and filter are all examples of these
What are higher order functions?
This OS’ legacy lives on in the NS prefix so many Objective-C types use
What is NeXTSTEP?
These two iOS team members carry Android phones, for some reason
Who are Brian and Bharath?
This app pioneered the now common “pull-to-refresh” feature
What is Tweetie?
This framework has functionality including iBeacon support
What is CoreLocation?
You’ll need to use this function keyword if you want that function to modify your struct
What is mutating?
These values start with @ signs, but they’re not usernames…
What are Objective-C literals?
Back in the day the "Instruments" this member of our team ran were a store full of guitars
Who is Eduardo?
This powerful Apple app started out as a WWDC design award winner under a different name, developed by a team who had previously attended the conference as students
What is Shortcuts, formerly known as Workflow?
This is the framework you’ll need to use when implementing Apple Pay
This was the amount of time Swift was under development before its initial release
What takes four years?
This class may have a drain, but don’t try to go for a swim in it…
What is NSAutoreleasePool?
It's fair to say that this member of our team has spent the most time developing for tvOS
Who is Rich?
This app was acquired by Apple and first integrated into iOS in 2011
What is Siri?
Apple just released the documentation for this Objective-C framework earlier this month
What is ContactTracing?
Swift 5.1 introduced some capabilities powering SwiftUI’s use of this kind of syntax
What is a DSL (domain specific language)?
This was announced by Steve Jobs as a “sweet solution”
What are web apps?
This developer worked on Scotiabank’s Universal Banker app before joining the Nova team
Who is Nirmal?
This defunct social networking app’s uploading of users’ address books lead to Apple looking down that whole framework with opt-in permissions
What is Path?
This iOS framework provides high-performance vector-processing computations and calculations
What is Accelerate?
These old school operators were dropped as a result of one of the earliest (and more contentious) Swift Evolution proposals
What are the ++ and -- (prefix and postfix increment and decrement) operators?
Some developers new to iOS assumed Objective-C followed this memory management model, but it was actually only available in Objective-C on OS X
What is garbage collection?
This is the reason Charles joked that Dustin is the “Adele of Korean literature”
This app was full of innovative user interface ideas and built by its parent company with the help of a team of ex-Apple engineers brought on with the acquisition of Push Pop Press
What is Facebook Paper?