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tclementdev / libdispatch-efficiency-tips.md
Last active June 27, 2024 10:27
Making efficient use of the libdispatch (GCD)

libdispatch efficiency tips

The libdispatch is one of the most misused API due to the way it was presented to us when it was introduced and for many years after that, and due to the confusing documentation and API. This page is a compilation of important things to know if you're going to use this library. Many references are available at the end of this document pointing to comments from Apple's very own libdispatch maintainer (Pierre Habouzit).

My take-aways are:

  • You should create very few, long-lived, well-defined queues. These queues should be seen as execution contexts in your program (gui, background work, ...) that benefit from executing in parallel. An important thing to note is that if these queues are all active at once, you will get as many threads running. In most apps, you probably do not need to create more than 3 or 4 queues.

  • Go serial first, and as you find performance bottle necks, measure why, and if concurrency helps, apply with care, always validating under system pressure. Reuse

@mackuba
mackuba / wwdc15.md
Last active August 6, 2022 17:28
New stuff from WWDC 2015

Here's my own list of the interesting stuff announced during this year's WWDC, collected from the keynotes, various Apple docs, blog posts and tweets.

If you're planning to watch the videos, I really recommend this Mac app that helps you download and watch them: https://github.com/insidegui/WWDC.

OS X El Capitan

http://www.apple.com/osx/elcapitan-preview/

  • split view - two apps side by side on full screen
@nikolaykasyanov
nikolaykasyanov / pre-commit
Last active March 28, 2023 12:36
Useful pre-commit hook for submodules
#!/bin/sh
if git status | grep -i 'HEAD detached' > /dev/null 2>&1; then
echo "You should not commit while in detached state, either create a new brach or checkout existing one before committing."
exit 1
fi
@jerrykrinock
jerrykrinock / SSYShipProduct.pl
Last active July 4, 2018 21:49
This script is for shipping OS X apps outside the Mac App Store. It will run you through a comprehensive quality-control checklist, supports alpha, beta and production channels, builds the product (or re-ships a previous build to a different channel), codesigns all components with Developer ID per Apple TN2206, builds the Help Book from Markdown…
#!/usr/bin/perl
=com
PURPOSE
This script will
Force you through a comprehensive quality-control checklist
Run Deploymate
Get the latest version number by reading it from product's Info.plist