Episode 54: You Are Such a DoIt

// Episode 54 was originally recorded on Thursday, October 28, 2021, and was released on Tuesday, November 2, 2021.
// This episode was hosted by Dimitri Bouniol, with co-hosts Spencer Curtis and Fernando Olivares.

Welcome to Code Completion, Episode 54! We are a group of iOS developers and educators hoping to share what we love most about development, Apple technology, and completing your code!

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⭐️ This Week's Topics

Join the Code Completion Club at https://codecompletion.io/jointheclub!
Indie App Spotlight, with a new app for you to check out:
- Huh? by Peter Yaacoub

What makes a great Mac app?
- Menus and key commands
- Building on positive experiences
- Windowing
- Dogfooding
- Consistent functionality
- Losing UI Knowledge and the Human Interface Guidelines
  - Older HIGs

Undo, and “Forgiveness”
- Contextual Menus

The Aftershow’s Rebranding: Commented Out:
- Folklore.org
- Bash.org:
  - Next-level role-play
  - Passwords

🚧 #CompleteTheCode

This week's #CompleteTheCode:

How can you make the same enum available in both Swift and Objective-C?

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// How can you make the enum below available in both Swift and Objective-C?
enum Choices {
    case firstOne
    case secondOne
    case thirdOne
    case fourthOne
}

Be sure to tweet us with hashtag #CompleteTheCode if you know the answer!

⚠️ Compiler Error

This week's theme: Classic Mac Apps!

First Draft was a vector-based drawing app for Classic MacOS that featured a simplified toolset for making basic illustrations and line art.
BOOM is a Mac game that blends Bomberman and DOOM, featuring Bomberman-style gameplay for one or two players, with enemies and sound effects closely inspirited by DOOM.
Suitcase was an integral tool for any graphics professional, automating the process of enabling and disabling fonts based on the project at hand.
Stuffit Expander was the solution for Mac users to decompress archives, and was an integral part of the shareware community, serving as the de-facto filetype for many downloaded Mac apps.

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