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Gwendolyn Weston


@purpleyay

Gwen is an indie iOS developer who aspires to create the perfect productivity app. She enjoys breaking down intimidating topics into edible bite-sized pieces. Outside of code, she likes yoga and the colour purple.

Gwen's Talk on Day 1 - 02:35 p.m. - 03:10 p.m.

The User's Manual For Pipe Maintenance

You probably have a good sense of how data flows within your app and how to optimize those pathways, but how much do you know about requesting and receiving data from the outside world? Beyond making simple REST calls, what other things are relevant for a mobile developer to know about the networking pipeline? This talk will go into a networking overview, with a checklist of best practices for your networking stack to help you take advantage of the latest NSURLSession APIs.