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Design pattern for bidirectional signals/events
This problem feels rather basic, yet I've never known a great solution. I'm looking for a way for components in an application to notify each other while being as decoupled as possible (both at ...
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In objective C, where does the inheritance chain end? [closed]
In objective C, classes are objects, but what object owns the class objects?
I am trying to get as detailed an understanding of iOS programming as I can, and this question popped into my head, so I ...
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Objective C - nested messages … confusion about
Wonder if anyone could shed some light on this messaging construct:
The documentation says that messages appear btwn brackets [] and
that the msg target/object is on the left, whilst the msg itself ...
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How to implement session state in a backend web application?
When using a non-MVC service-oriented/Interactor pattern approach to decoupled system architecture, how is session state implemented?
I've been thinking of building the frontend of an application ...
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UI message passing programming paradigm
I recently (about two months ago) read an article that explained some user interface paradigm that I can't remember the name of and I also can't find the article anymore.
The paradigm allows for ...
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Objective-C message passing related queries
I am learning objective-C after having good knowledge of C/C++. I have 2 questions:
Are Obj-C message passing and C++ vtable, two different ways of implementing polymorphism or Are they two very ...
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Merits of a “Message Passing” system vs. an “Event Based” system
My question is coming from an somewhat uneducated perspective.
What are the relative merits of a "message passing" system vs an "event based" system.
Why would one choose one over the other? What ...
