Mastering Swift: essential details about strings

Dmitri Pavlutin on swift, string, unicode, characterview, for-in |

String type is an important component of any programming language. The most useful information that user reads from the window of an iOS application is pure text. To reach a higher number of users, the iOS application must be internationalised and support a lot of modern languages. The Unicode standard solves this problem, but creates additional complexity when working with strings. On one hand, the… Continue reading

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What every JavaScript developer should know about Unicode

Dmitri Pavlutin on javascript, unicode, ecmascript-2015, string |

This story starts with a confession: I was afraid of Unicode for a long time. When a programming task required Unicode knowledge, I was searching for a hackable solution for the problem, without detailed sense what I was doing. My avoiding continued until I faced a problem that required detailed Unicode knowledge. There was no way to apply situational solutions. After applying some efforts, reading… Continue reading

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