In this article I want to walk you through what I think it takes to become an iOS developer in 2021. I’m aiming this squarely at two groups of people: absolute beginners to Swift – folks who have never built anything for iOS before – and also so-called false beginners, who are folks who might have tried to learn Swift before but never really reached their goal of getting a full-time job.
Xcode is a huge program, and if you can learn one or two new tips that help you work more effectively you can save hours of time every week.
Swift 5.4 brings with it some huge compilation improvements, including better code completion in expressions with errors and big speed ups for incremental compilation. However, it also adds some important new features and refinements, so let’s dig into them here…
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