I love the first-person perspective. Glad to have you BK!

On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 3:40 PM, Adam Baso <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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
>>
>>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Mobile-l mailing list
> [email protected]
> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l
>
>


-- 
EN Wikipedia user page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Brian.gerstle
IRC: bgerstle
_______________________________________________
Mobile-l mailing list
[email protected]
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l

Reply via email to