Creating helpers

Before starting with the program, let's add some code that will help us through the app development process. Add a new file called Helpers.swift and add a helper function to execute the code in the main queue.

import Foundation

func M(block: dispatch_block_t){
    dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), block)
}

Note

If you prefer, you can implement the M function in different ways. Some people prefer using NSOperation and some of them prefer using alternative frameworks like Async (https://github.com/duemunk/Async). It is up to you to choose the way it will be implemented.

Now create a new file called Extensions.swift. Here, we are going to add a function to display errors to the user, as we've already seen in the previous chapter. Place the following code in the new file:

import UIKit

extension UIViewController {
    func displayError(message:String){
        let alertController = UIAlertController(title: "Error", message: message, preferredStyle: .Alert)
        let alertAction...