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One of the most interesting aspects of SwiftUI, at least from an architectural perspective, is how it essentially treats views as data. After all, a SwiftUI view isn’t a direct representation of the pixels that are being rendered on the screen, but rather a description of how a given piece of UI should work, look, […]
When building various kinds of scrollable UIs, it’s very common to want to observe the current scroll position (or content offset, as UIScrollView calls it) in order to trigger layout changes, load additional data when needed, or to perform other kinds of actions depending on what content that the user is currently viewing. However, when […]
On this final episode of 2022, Nick Lockwood returns to the show to discuss the overall evolution of Swift and its ecosystem of tools and libraries. How has Swift changed since its original introduction in 2014, how does it compare to other modern programming languages, and how might the language continue to evolve in 2023 […]
Ben Scheirman returns to the show to discuss how Swift’s built-in concurrency features, such as async/await and tasks, can be used in practice when building apps for Apple’s platforms. Essential Developer: Join the iOS Architect Crash Course to accelerate your journey towards becoming a senior developer. It’s 100% free and held entirely online. NordVPN: Get […]
Ever since Swift was first introduced, it’s been very common to need to use type erasure when working with generic protocols — ones that either reference Self within their requirements, or make use of associated types. For example, in earlier versions of Swift, when using Apple’s Combine framework for reactive programming, every time we wanted […]
Adam Bell returns to the podcast to discuss different techniques and approaches for optimizing UI code, and how to utilize tools like animations in order to build iOS apps that feel fast and responsive. NordVPN: Get an exclusive discount on NordVPN’s excellent VPN service, by going to nordvpn.com/sundell. They even have a 30-day money-back guarantee. […]
Donny Wals returns to the show to talk about being an iOS developer freelancer, and to discuss some of the key new APIs, Swift language features, and frameworks that were introduced at WWDC22. Essential Developer: Join the iOS Architect Crash Course to accelerate your journey towards becoming a senior developer. It’s 100% free and held […]
Gui Rambo returns to the show to talk about the role and importance of system design when building apps and open source tools, and how common app architectures and design patterns can be augmented with custom systems. NordVPN: Get an exclusive discount on NordVPN’s excellent VPN service, by going to nordvpn.com/sundell. They even have a […]
Thanks a lot to Caio and Mike, the two developers behind Essential Developer, for sponsoring Swift by Sundell. Essential Developer was founded to help iOS developers accelerate their journeys towards becoming complete senior developers, and on July 18th, Caio and Mike will kick off the next edition of their iOS Architect Crash Course, which you […]
Natalia Panferova joins John to discuss some of the key new features that are coming to SwiftUI and UIKit in iOS 16, and to talk about her experience working on SwiftUI at Apple. NordVPN: Get an exclusive discount on NordVPN’s excellent VPN service, by going to nordvpn.com/sundell. They even have a 30-day money-back guarantee. Essential […]