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Tag: ios

CocoaPods and the Dependency Ecosystem of iOS Development

CocoaPods turned third-party iOS and macOS libraries into declarative project dependencies, then had to scale its Specs repository, publishing service, CDN, and security model with the Apple ecosystem.

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The iPhone SDK and the Opening of Apple’s Native Mobile Application Platform

Apple's 2008 iPhone SDK replaced the original web-app-only third-party model with native APIs, Xcode tooling, device testing and a developer program tied to a controlled distribution channel.

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