Great writeup. I don't have any reservations. -Adam
On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 12:14 PM, Corey Floyd <[email protected]> wrote: > (Testing out our new 3rd party library vetting: > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Apps/Team/iOS/Third_Party_Libraries > ) > > > Early today I interviewed BlocksKit for a potential position in our > codebase (Specifically BlocksKit/Core). > > BlocksKit is a popular functional veneer for the cocoa frameworks. You can > find out more about BlocksKit here: > https://github.com/zwaldowski/BlocksKit > > Read BlocksKit's responses to our interview questions below: > > > > - Is the license permissive? > > Yes, I have an MIT license! Use me how you will. > > - Is the library ubiquitous? > > I have 3,100+ stars and 407 forks on Github - people like me. > > - Is it installable via CocoaPods? > > Of course! > > - What is the impact on binary size? > > Negligible, I don't contain any assets and consist mostly of small > categories. > > - How severe, if at all, are inbuilt subdependencies? > > I don't need no stinking dependencies. > > - Will this make the code more, or less, understandable for > volunteers? > > Depends on the volunteer - Those with with functional programming skills > will be more comfortable with my syntax. I am however a pretty well > documented and lightweight library, so I should be easy to understand for > anyone how to use me. > > - What are the performance ramifications of using this library? > > None, I use foundation classes to perform enumerations so I get all the > performance benefits of the Cocoa collections. > > - What are the complexity ramifications of using this library? > > My primary purpose is to remove boiler plate code and make developer > intent more clear. I should decrease complexity of your code. > > - Is it actively maintained? > > Yes - I am very well cared for and have a nice test suite. > > - Is it compatible with current deployment targets? > > Yes - I still have a soft spot for iOS 6. > > - Does it hinder interop (e.g., with Swift)? > > I love and Obj-C and Swift (but Swift does include some of my > functionality in the standard library) > > - What is the exit plan if the library becomes unmaintained? > > Since I am pretty lean and have good test coverage, your team should be > able to maintain me if needed. If you decide to not maintain me, you can > move some of your codebase to swift to replace some of my functionality. > > > Thanks for reading… If you have any other questions for BlocksKit, be sure > to leave them here and we will forward them on. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mobile-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l > >
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