We have a lot of script at Wikia. About 6k lines of code of Python. Most of them are usually run in loops like this: for app_directory in app_directories: script() This can take a lot of time, especially that some of the scripts use Selenium and we have…
KrauseFx recently released Fastlane Tools, a framework for automating the release process to the App Store (and more). I encourage you all to check it out! At Wikia we developed a similiar automated process for creating and submitting Apps, but it was less general and more specific to Wikia Apps,…
We have a lot of apps in Wikia and a lot more to come! To manage the codebase we're using CocoaPods with our whole code split into local Development Pods. Every app is generated from a thin skeleton project that pulls the rest of the code as Pods. For every…
Working with translators can be a hassle. Especially if your App is translated to 10+ languages and you actively develop new features that require localization. New translations come in from the translators, developers already added their new strings to localization files - everything has to be merged somehow. This article…