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Barrierefreiheitsstärkungsgesetz (BFSG) for Apps, Websites or Digital Services

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You might have heard of the European Accessibility Act (EAA) as someone interested in accessibility in any kind of digital products. For me as a German iOS developer the Barrierefreiheitsstärkungsgesetz (or BFSG in … Read the rest

Post author By Michael Steudter
Post date May 26, 2023
Tags Accessibility

iOS Development

Draw line graphs and charts in SwiftUI

Graphs and charts are an essential tool for visualizing data, and with SwiftUI, it’s easy to create custom and interactive graphs (Spoiler: we won’t add any interactivity during this arcticle). You can use them in iOS, iPadOS, and macOS … Read the rest

Post author By Michael Steudter
Post date May 2, 2023
Tags graphs, iOS, SwiftUI

ChatGPT iOS Development

Using ChatGPT for Swift iOS development

Lately, I also jumped onto the ChatGPT train and wanted to give it a try for the use in Swift development for the iOS platform. Here are my experiences so far using it for around 1 or two months now.… Read the rest

Post author By Michael Steudter
Post date April 29, 2023
Tags ChatGPT, iOS, Swift

iOS Development

Fix LLDB issues in Xcode

Did you ever encounter some strange issues when dealing with broken LLDB in Xcode leaving print()as your final idea? Welcome to broken Xcode tooling.

TLDR; or answer the title’s question:
Actually, I have no idea how to really fix … Read the rest

Post author By Michael Steudter
Post date April 28, 2023
Tags LLDB, tooling, XCode

Git iOS Development

Micro-commits and how to continue where you left

You should finalize your day with a building project. At least I like to do that. Often you need more than a day to finish some larger task. Also, if you are getting headaches, it’s totally fine to stop coding … Read the rest

Accessibility

European Accessibility Act in short

This article is not complete in any way. I am also not a lawyer. I try to add updates whenever something happens though 🙂

In the US, creators of inaccessible digital products can already be sued because of the Americans … Read the rest

Post author By Michael Steudter
Post date December 31, 2021
Tags Accessibility

Accessibility iOS Development

(Mobile) Accessibility Links

This is a frequently updated list of links regarding accessibility I found worth saving. It’s currently focused on mobile (especially iOS development) as this is my main area right now.

Last update: 5th July 2023

Guidelines & Standards

This section … Read the rest

Post author By Michael Steudter
Post date December 21, 2021
Tags Accessibility, iOS

Wordpress

How to fix “Error establishing a database connection”

TLDR: Try doing a “Powercycle”, i.e. shutdown and restart your server. I had a button for that in my server’s control panel.

Yesterday night, I updated some WordPress plugins. Everything seemed to have went well, so I closed my … Read the rest

Post author By Michael Steudter
Post date December 21, 2021
Tags Wordpress

Wordpress

How to update a website’s SSL certificate running on debian using an Apache server

Today, I wanted to quickly update my expired SSL certificate. This did not went as quickly as I thought and I nearly destroyed my whole server setup. However, one good thing: I also have my PHP upgraded now because it … Read the rest

Post author By Michael Steudter
Post date November 2, 2021
Tags htaccess, Server, SSL, Wordpress