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2022

2020

Old Man New Soldier - A Development Memoir of an iOS APP

Sep 2022

A developer’s journey of relearning programming & building an iOS app, Health Notes, using SwiftUI, Combine, & Core Data. Learn about challenges, tips, & insights.

Introducing Several Swift or SwiftUI Third-Party Libraries Used in Developing Health Notes 2

Oct 2020

Explore the open-source Swift and SwiftUI libraries used in Health Notes 2, including SwiftUIX, Charts, Introspect, SwiftDate and more. Enhance your iOS development!

Development Musings for Health Notes 2.0 (Part 6)

Oct 2020

The final stages of a project are often the most tedious.

Health Notes 2.0 Official Version is Complete!

Oct 2020

After months of preparation and development, Health Notes 2.0 is finally here! Experience significant improvements in functionality, performance, and UI. Download now!

Development Musings for Health Notes 2.0 (Part 5)

Oct 2020

The National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holiday is about to end, and it's been a while since my last essay. In recent days, I have been continuing the development process while also expending considerable effort to deal with various bugs and anomalies in iOS 14.

Development Musings for Health Notes 2.0 (Part 4)

Sep 2020

This week, I haven't had much energy or mood for coding. Over the last few days, building on the unified sheet management and real-time Form base, I completed a Sheet that can control the cancel gesture. This has been a significant missing feature in SwiftUI for a long time.

Development Musings for Health Notes 2.0 (Part 3)

Sep 2020

Due to a family member's sudden illness, I have been frequently visiting the hospital recently, which has significantly limited my time for development.

Development Musings for Health Notes 2.0 (Part 2)

Aug 2020

Due to other miscellaneous matters this week, I could only guarantee about 2-3 hours per day for development, so there hasn't been much progress. However, fortunately, I don't have any explicit progress targets.

Development Musings for Health Notes 2.0 (Part 1)

Aug 2020

Health Notes has been online since January 2020, and now more than half a year has passed. During this period, I have gained further understanding and knowledge of Swift, SwiftUI, CoreData, etc. Most of the issues and uncertainties I faced during the development of version 1.0 have been resolved.