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What are the 4 Obj-C Data Types?

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  • Bool
  • NSInteger
  • NSUInteger
  • NSString
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Name 6 key features of Swift

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  • Type Safety
  • Simplicity
  • Readability
  • Multiplatform support
  • Open source
  • Obj-C Compatible
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What are the pieces that make up an NSError object?

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  1. Error Domain
  2. Error Code
  3. Application specific user info
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Explain what an Enum is

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Variable with user defined values that can be used in a type safe way with switches and conditionals

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What does the lazy keyword mean?

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The property defined as lazy will not be computed until its called

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What is a generic is swift?

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A function or class that that does not infer type to allow for reusability

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What does KVC mean and do?

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Key value constant. Allows access of properties via string instead of property names

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What does KVO mean and do?

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Key Value Object: allows other objects to observe changes to the specified object

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What are the 3 steps of Test Driven Development?

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Fail
Pass
Refactor

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What does a completion handler do?

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Calls a function when a task completes

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What are the 4 types of queues?

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Dispatch
Serial Dispatch
Concurrent Dispatch
Main Dispatch

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What does a dispatch queue do?

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A dispatch queue is responsible for executing a task in the first-in, first-out order.

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What does a serial dispatch queue do?

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A serial dispatch queue runs tasks one at a time.

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What does a concurrent dispatch queue do?

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A concurrent dispatch queue runs as many tasks as it can without waiting for the started tasks to finish.

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What’s does the main dispatch queue do?

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A globally available serial queue that executes tasks on the application’s main thread.

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What are 6 types of pattern matching in Swift?

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Tuple pattern
Type Casting
Wildcard
Optional 
Enumeration
Expression
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What is tuple pattern matching?

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used to match values of corresponding tuple types.

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What is type-casting pattern matching?

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allow you to cast or match types

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What is wildcard pattern matching?

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match and ignore any kind and type of value

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What is optional pattern matching?

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used to match optional values

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What is enumeration pattern matching?

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match cases of existing enumeration types.

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What is expression pattern matching?

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allow you to compare a given value against a given expression.

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What are 3 benefits of guard statements?

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  • Safely unwrap optionals
  • Avoid if let pyramids
  • Provides an early exit of the function
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Name 3 debugging tools in Xcode

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  • View debugger
  • Thread sanitizer
  • Memory graph debugger
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What is the difference between a public class and an open class?
Open classes can be overidden in a subclass. Public classes allow access but no subclassing or overriding
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What are the 9 steps in a the view lifecycle order (in order)?
- loadView - viewDidLoad - viewWillAppear - viewWillLayoutSubviews - viewDidLayoutSubviews - viewDidAppear - viewWillDisappear - viewDidDisappear - viewWillTransition(to:with:)
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What are the 5 states of an application?
- Non-running - Inactive - Active - Background - Suspended
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Explain the key points to how ARC works
ARC is automatic reference counts. It tracks the references to a given object In memory. When an object's ARC is 0, its removed from memory
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How are value types managed in memory? Does ARC need to need to be used?
Swift automatically handles value types. Value types are not managed by ARC
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What is a retain cycle?
The number of references to an object in ARC does not equal 0 and therefore cannot be removed from memory. If 2 strong objects are referencing each other, they will be never be removed from memory.
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What is another name for a circular reference?
A retain cycle and circular reference are the same thing
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Will a weak reference increase an ARC count?
No
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Will a strong reference increase an ARC count?
Yes
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What type are classes?
A reference type
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What type are structs?
A value type
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What advantage does a class have over a struct?
Classes can inherit from other classes and can be used with identity operators
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What advantages does a struct have over a class?
Doesn't require inheritance and a simple data type
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How does a value type handle its data?
Each copy of a value type is unique and data changes are unique to that instance
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How does a reference type handle its data?
Each copy of the reference shares data. A change made to one is shared to the other references.
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What type is a closure?
Reference type
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What are the 7 ways to unwrap an optional?
- Forced unwrapping - Implicitly unwrapped (don’t specify variable type) - Optional binding (if let) - Optional chaining (x?.count) - Nil coalescing operator (x ?? “”) - Guard statement - Optional pattern (if case let a? = x)
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What is a protocol in Swift?
- A style that defines set blueprint of methods, variables, etc. Other classes, structs and enums can then implement them, conforming to the protocol and providing expected consistency
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What is the difference between a stored property and a computed property?
- Stored: variables or constants that store values to the instance of the object - Computed: Does not store values, but used getter and setter to fetching and storing values via computation usually
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Where can a stored variable be used?
Classes and structs
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Where can a computed value be used?
Classes, structs and enums
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How do you change an internal state of a struct using a function?
Mark the function as mutating
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What does the keyword static mean in a class?
It can not be overridden
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What is the difference between Nil and .none?
They are the same. Nil is preferred convention

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