iPS 223: Testing with Stephen Celis

Panel: Andrew Jaim Erica In today's episode, the iPhreak panel speaks with Stephen about how Swift could benefit from higher level types like in Haskel, Reactive programming and testing in the Kickstarter app. Stephen is a software engineer living in Brooklyn, New York. He previously helped build and open source the Kickstarter mobile apps. He's a co-founder of Point-Free , a consultancy and upcoming educational video series on functional programming and Swift. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Open Source Language Renaissance Higher Types Maps & Arrays Functional & Reactive Programming Swift Swift as a gateway to functional programming Future features in Swift? What can you do with higher level types? How has application development evolved Declarative State is back! Programming by contract Testing Testing timecode Unit Testing Examples of testing code from Kickstarter app Point Free https://www.pointfree.co/ Picks: Jaim: Realm Andrew: Cities Skylines Advent of Code Erica Anti-pick High Sierra missing Network Diagnostics App Stephen Reducers Purescript Test Driven Reactive Programming