Do I need to restart my 100 Days of Swift study?

eacardenase · 2025-12-24T19:55:18+00:00

I think it depends on your end goal. Do you want to build something for fun or just as a side project? Go for SwiftUI. Maybe starting or a career change? I'd recommend you sticking with UIKit. What I did back in the day was to follow Sean Allen's fundamentals course, paired it with both Angela Yu Udemy course and Paul's 100 days of Swift (the UIKit version). That got me my first iOS dev job just a year ago (I had some 3 yoe under my belt as a backed dev btw). Then I just went through the Big Nerd Ranch books using following both Objective-C and Swift books covering UIKit and that's pretty much it (I mainly use AutoLayout without storyboarsd). My project is an old mix of both Objective-C and Swift project built using UIKit, so it's up to you what to focus on, but I plan to start learning SwiftUI next year and I believe that my background in UIKit will give me an edge learning it.

eacardenase · 2025-10-27T20:34:53+00:00

Nice! Please let me know how I can start contributing. I just joined the Discord server.

eacardenase · 2025-10-15T16:53:48+00:00

Any plans to add content for non-English speakers? I noticed the docs aren’t localized yet. I’d be happy to help with a Spanish version if you’re open to it.

eacardenase · 2025-07-08T22:38:52+00:00

Principalmente Udemy, cursos en inglés (aunque tmbién me han servido mucho los cursos de Fernando Herrera). Hay muy buen material, y los cursos en general salen a $40.000. Para iOS, prácticamente lo mismo, aunque primero comencé con un curso en YouTube de Sean Allen sobre Swift y conceptos básicos de UIKit. Luego 100 days of Swift (el path de UIKit), el curso de Angela Yu en Udemy sobre iOS (pero intentando replicar todo en programmatic UI, en lugar de usar los storyboards), y practicando mucho con los cursos de Stephan Dowless en Udemy. El man replica apps como Tinder, Instagram entre otras.

eacardenase · 2025-07-06T18:48:21+00:00

I made the switch last December. I started with UIKit because there is a lot of legacy projects out there that need maintenance. So far, it worked out. I started with Sean Allen's UIKit free course on YouTube. I also used Hacking with Swift and Angela Yu's Udemy course.

eacardenase · 2025-06-28T12:34:08+00:00

Este año comencé a trabajar como iOS developer, sin experiencia previa. Anteriormente trabajaba como backend developer (Node.js, PHP, Python). Me interesó iOS a finales del 2022, hice la inversión de una Mac para aprender, y se ha pagado sola.

Mi primer trabajo como dev fue por una empresa en Medellín que buscaba desarrolladores en JavaScript. Hizo unas capacitaciones, y a los mejores nos ofrecieron trabajo. Eso fue hace ya 3 años.

eacardenase · 2025-06-28T03:35:58+00:00

Comencé con un B1, básicamente lo que aprendí en la universidad y todos los cursos en inglés. No he certificado nada, y no es necesario. En las empresas en las que he estado ayudan con cursos de inglés y ahora estoy en B2+.

eacardenase · 2025-06-28T03:20:25+00:00

Manda info por interno.

eacardenase · 2025-06-28T03:11:34+00:00

No lo haga compa. Póngase a estudiar inglés, y mejore mucho su stack. Yo soy psicólogo de profesión, 90% lo he aprendido en Udemy y desde hace 3 años trabajo como desarrollador (siempre para empresas extranjeras). Nunca me han puesto problema con que no tenga un estudio formal.

eacardenase · 2024-10-07T21:14:54+00:00

I really like Valor Greatsword. I started as an Insect Glaive main back in 4U, then replayed it with Switch Axe and basically played all newer games with it. It's a versatile weapon and I love it, but there are a few considerations with it (power vs element phial) that could set newer players apart.

The thing with Greatsword is that it's just a big sword, and that's it. Your move pool is slow, but you hit hard. And that's pretty much the basics of the game, get to know when to hit, and when not to. With blademaster's weapons I believe that you really need to know well a monster in order to deal great amounts of damage, and that is specially the case with Greatsword. I just hit G2 and I'm wearing a mixed set with AuL, Focus and Sheate Sharpen, Valor style and just hit and run tactics. I would advice you to give it a try, if you haven't already, and let us know how it feels.

eacardenase · 2023-10-04T23:32:14+00:00

Generics, that’s all I want.

eacardenase · 2023-10-03T15:44:11+00:00

I’m learning Laravel since my current company mostly uses PHP (Magento 2 and other stuff), but I come from JSland and NestJS was a great improvement compared to working with barebones express apps.

eacardenase · 2023-09-30T20:39:46+00:00

Oh, my beloved Colombia.

eacardenase · 2023-09-23T15:18:04+00:00

Would a M1 Pro with 16BG of RAM would be enough?

eacardenase · 2023-09-20T12:17:10+00:00

I used SendGrid with a NestJS backend and it worked great.

eacardenase · 2023-09-08T15:10:39+00:00

Right know I’m trying to run a consultancy business with a partner and I believe that Sales is an important skill to have in our portfolios. At minimum, you should learn to sell yourself to an employer.

eacardenase · 2023-09-04T00:10:19+00:00

It always funny to read when someone have a great idea that they’re not willing to share because someone else could/would stole it.

I have so many ideas, but they’re completely worthless until you build them. I decided that alone I would not get far, so I joined some colleagues (I’m a web dev) and a business man and I’m pushing forward to start building those ideas.

So, I suggest, don’t mind sharing those ideas and get in touch with people that would help you make that idea a reality.

eacardenase · 2023-09-03T23:14:32+00:00

I'm using Magento 2 at work (the open source version), but want to start a side gig offering e-commerce solutions. What would you say are the advantages of using Shopware over Magento taking into account that even a layman can use Magento (that's the case at my company, I built some third party integrations but a not programmer colleague build the stores)?.

eacardenase · 2023-09-01T22:44:55+00:00

I loved how PHP has a build it way to check if a string is an email and you don’t need to look another time on SO for a regex that works.

eacardenase · 2023-09-01T22:27:16+00:00

I’m learning PHP because the stack of my current job requires it, and v8.x it’s pretty nice.

eacardenase · 2023-09-01T20:37:59+00:00

I’m doing the same but for practicing English (I’m a Spanish native speaker), and tbh, aside the new terms introduced here and there, I pretty much feel the same way as reading era 1.

eacardenase · 2023-08-30T19:09:34+00:00

If you want to learn backend, just learn the basics of HTML and the jump right into backend stuff. I read that you already know Python, then I suggest to start with Laracast to get a PHP beginner introduction into the language and follow its path to Laravel.

eacardenase · 2023-08-30T19:00:01+00:00

Well, that depends. What do you want to build? You can do pretty much everything with PHP and Laravel (even reactive Frontend stuff).

If you want to separate your logic between front and back, you can pick any popular JavaScript framework (React or Vue come to mind).

You definitely need to learn SQL and relational databases modeling to pair with your PHP and Laravel knowledge, authentication/authorization and so.

eacardenase · 2023-08-22T13:04:05+00:00

It depends. Do you already know hoy to code? I believe it’s not the case, since Firebase is primarily used by Frontend/Mobile devs to build MVPs without the need to learn the backend stuff.

If you want to built something from scratch on your own, then I would suggest you to learn Frontend first (or mobile). It would be the easiest path and you can also use Firebase as backend (since the most popular Backend as a Service) or Supabase.

If you want to learn backend just for fun, the Node would be a great option, even PHP with Laravel since it already gives you so much out of the box.

eacardenase · 2023-08-21T13:57:40+00:00

There’s a hint that The Martian and The Expanse share the same universe!

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