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iOS Build a Weather App Dark Sky API Client From JSON to CurrentWeather

Will Matthews
Will Matthews
8,127 Points
Posted by Will Matthews
Will Matthews
8,127 Points

Why define the CurrentWeather extension in the CurrentWeather file?

I'm curious about why we'd want to define the CurrentWeather extension in the CurrentWeather file itself. Given that the keys we're defining are likely unique to the API we're using, why wouldn't we define this extension in the DarkSkyAPIClient file instead?

3 Answers

Jeff McDivitt
Jeff McDivitt
23,970 Points
Jeff McDivitt
Jeff McDivitt
23,970 Points

Did you attempt to do that to see what happens?

Will Matthews
Will Matthews
8,127 Points
Will Matthews
Will Matthews
8,127 Points

I did. I can't seem to spot an problems in doing so just yet. Unless they're subtle?

Jeff McDivitt
Jeff McDivitt
23,970 Points
Jeff McDivitt
Jeff McDivitt
23,970 Points

If there are no issues it would really just be program preferance.

Claire Worrmald
Claire Worrmald
6,442 Points
Claire Worrmald
Claire Worrmald
6,442 Points

I believe it is due to preference and clarity of code, remember that the extension is used to conform to the CustomStringConvertible so he abstracted it out in to extension to reflect that he is going to use the description property. Just easy to read :)