Real World Singleton Design
A discussion of practical architectural concerns when designing a singleton for a real-world iOS application.
Topic:
Singletons
5 posts
Aug 2008 – Sep 2014
Aug 2008 – Sep 2014
Quick followup on singletons
Part of the Singletons series.
This is a quick followup to my post about singletons in Cocoa apps. Read it first for context.
Another developer asked me a few questions about the points I made in my previous post on singletons. I’d like to post my (lightly edited) comments …
Singletons in Cocoa applications
Part of the Singletons series.
The Singleton pattern is a powerful tool in every programmer’s toolbox. But singletons today are widely overused in most codebases.
The consequences of misusing such a powerful tool are too far-reaching and long-lived to take lightly. And overuse or misuse of this tool leads …