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ULTIMATE PORTFOLIO APP
Creating a simple widget
Widgets allow users to place parts of our app right on their Home Screen, which is both deeply powerful and deeply personal. In this article we’re going to start by doing all the app configuration required to make widgets function, then add a simple widget for our app to show that everything works. Continue Reading >
29:22
FUNCTIONAL PROGRAMMING
Functions as first-class types
If I were to boil functional programming down to just two rules, the second rule would be this: functions are first-class types, and should be passed around like any other kind of data. In this article we’re going to explore what that means, and what power it unleashes… Continue Reading >
24:27
FUNCTIONAL PROGRAMMING
Building with pure functions
If I were to boil functional programming down to just two rules, the first one would be this: prefer to write pure functions as often as you can. What are pure functions, and why would you want them? Let’s start by exploring that in detail… Continue Reading >
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FUNCTIONAL PROGRAMMING
Functional programming in Swift: Introduction
Before you dive in to the first article in this course, I want to give you a brief overview of our goals, how the content is structured, as well as a rough idea of what you can expect to find. Continue Reading >
10:40
ULTIMATE PORTFOLIO APP
Integrating with Shortcuts
Shortcuts let users access quick commands from our app elsewhere in the system, as well as chaining them to build complex commands, or even asking Siri to trigger one directly. In this article we’re going to add one to our app, and I think you’ll be amazed how little work it takes! Continue Reading >
33:18
ULTIMATE PORTFOLIO APP
Adding a Quick Action to our icon
Quick Actions let users long-press on our app’s icon on the Home Screen to show a list of actions they can perform immediately. In this article we’re going to add a quick action to create a new project in one step – it’s more work than you might think! Continue Reading >
21:30
ULTIMATE PORTFOLIO APP
Questions and answers, part 3
I’ve had a whole bunch more questions sent in from readers, covering testing, haptics, Spotlight, and more, so let’s dive into them with code examples. Continue Reading >
31:54
ALGORITHMS
A* path finding
The A* algorithm for path finding is not the perfect way to find an optimal route between two nodes in a graph, but it is either the best or darned close most of the time and that makes it a fantastic one to learn for both games and apps alike. Continue Reading >
38:01
ULTIMATE PORTFOLIO APP
Offering in-app purchases, part 2
Previously we added all the back-end work to make in-app purchases possible in our app. In this article we’re going to continue that work by implementing the user interface for our store, limiting the app itself, and also asking for user reviews. Continue Reading >
51:56
ULTIMATE PORTFOLIO APP
Offering in-app purchases, part 1
Although many apps work great when paid for up front, many more work better when using a freemium model – you get lots of downloads of a free app, then charge for some kind of premium service. In this article we’re going to prepare to limit our app unless the user has paid for an unlock, but we’ll be using a flexible approach you can adapt easily. Continue Reading >
58:54
ULTIMATE PORTFOLIO APP
Adding local notifications
Local notifications allow us to set reminders for the user without ever needing to send data off the device. In this article we’re going to add these notifications to our app, so that users can be reminded to work on specific projects. Continue Reading >
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ULTIMATE PORTFOLIO APP
Integrating with Spotlight
In this article we’re going to make Spotlight store our app’s data, meaning that the user can search for items right from their iOS Home Screen. If you intend to follow the Widget or shortcut sections of this course later on, you should follow this article first. Continue Reading >
19:31
ULTIMATE PORTFOLIO APP
Adding haptics
In this article I’m going to walk you through adding haptics to your app, to make it feel a little more alive in the user’s hand. Continue Reading >
11:48
ULTIMATE PORTFOLIO APP
Wrap up, part one
We’ve just put in place the last major code to complete part one of this app. Let’s clean up just a tiny bit, then look over what we’ve made so far. Continue Reading >
1:09:19
HACKING WITH SWIFT LIVE 2020
Just for fun: weather forecasting
Now you understand how widgets work, I want to give you a fun and simple task to experiment with. There’s no example solution here because this is just a sandbox for your ideas, but we’ll end up with a fun quiz to test what you learned. Continue Reading >
1:24:55
HACKING WITH SWIFT LIVE 2020
Last but not least: widgets
For our last topic, we’re going to explore widgets. iOS has had widget-like behavior for some time through its Today extensions, but in iOS 14 they gained a lot more functionality. Continue Reading >
1:01:00
HACKING WITH SWIFT LIVE 2020
Implementing App Clips in a real app
Now that you understand how App Clips work, in this part we’ll apply them to our Barking Lot app so you can see them in action with real code. Continue Reading >
1:20:32
HACKING WITH SWIFT LIVE 2020
Introduction to App Clips
App Clips let us ship tiny slices of our app to do exactly one thing, and in this part we’ll explore how to build them in a test environment. Continue Reading >
1:05:06
HACKING WITH SWIFT LIVE 2020
From UICollectionView to UIAction
In this part we’re going to wrap up our look at the new UICollectionView features, then move on to exploring the new UIAction and menu systems for buttons and more. Continue Reading >
1:26:39
HACKING WITH SWIFT LIVE 2020
UIKit updates: UICollectionView lists
In this part we’re going to build an app to explore SF Symbols, all built using the massive new updates to UICollectionView that let it act like a table view. Continue Reading >
