Author: Mark Brownsword

I've been working as an enterprise developer for more than 15 years, always using .NET platform and recently building for iOS with Swift. My degree is in Business Studies, majoring in information systems, where I learnt the fundamentals of software engineering for building systems for business.

Linux/Technical

Swift on Linux: Getting Started

April 25, 2020May 9, 2020 Mark Brownsword1 Comment

Swift currently officially supports running on Ubuntu (16.04, 18.04, 20.04) and Red Hat derivatives (currently CentOS 8 and Amazon Linux…

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Get the Latest Docker on Ubuntu

January 13, 2019May 3, 2020 Mark Brownsword

To get the latest Docker version on your existing Ubuntu or to get any Docker version onto the latest Ubuntu…

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Setup a Linux Machine for Go Development

March 3, 2018 Mark Brownsword

According to the Go Developer Survey 64% of Go Programmers use Linux. Here is how I setup my Galago Pro…

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Adding Command Buttons to the Hexagonal Map Game

October 1, 2017October 2, 2017 Mark BrownswordLeave a comment

Introduction This article demonstrates how to overlay Button Elements onto an Hexagonal TileMap in SpriteKit. The buttons will stay fixed…

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Introducing Galago Pro

June 19, 2017 Mark Brownsword

I've recently switched from an Apple MacBook to a System76 Galago Pro with Ubuntu 17.04 as my personal computer. The…

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