iOS Developer Interview Questions
What’s the importance of key decoding strategies when using Codable?
Suggested approach: Give a specific answer first – “key decoding strategies let us handle difference between JSON keys and property names in our Decodable struct” – then provide some kind of practical sample. For example, you might say that it’s common for JSON keys to use snake_case for key names, whereas in Swift we prefer camelCase, so we need to use a key decoding strategy to convert between the two.
Estimated difficulty: Easy
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