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What’s new in Swift 5.5?

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EVENTS

What’s new in Swift 5.5?

In this introductory video we start by walking through all the main changes introduced with Swift 5.5, without touching on concurrency – that still leaves a heck of a lot!

Storing preferences efficiently

32:42

MAKING THE MOST OF FOUNDATION

Storing preferences efficiently

Apple’s UserDefaults system lets us store small amounts of user data for our app, which might sound simple but it’s deceptively powerful. In this article I’ll show you the correct way to create initial preferences, how to share preferences across applications, how to synchronize data with iCloud, and why this is a case where property wrappers probably aren’t a good solution.

Creating a simple widget

43:24

ULTIMATE PORTFOLIO APP

Creating a simple widget

UPDATED: 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.

What problem does optional chaining solve?

2:01

INTERVIEW QUESTIONS

What problem does optional chaining solve?

Swift’s optionals are a real power feature of the language, but without direct compiler support they would be quite onerous. Optional chaining is one part of that support, so be prepared to answer exactly what part it plays.

Adding a Quick Action to our icon

21:21

ULTIMATE PORTFOLIO APP

Adding a Quick Action to our icon

UPDATED: 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 issue in one step – it’s more work than you might think!

Drawing

16:27

SOLUTIONS

Drawing

This challenge asks you to add create a custom arrow shape, make it animatable, then create a color cycling rectangle with controls for gradient angle. Let’s tackle it now…

What process do you take to perform code review?

2:10

INTERVIEW QUESTIONS

What process do you take to perform code review?

This sounds like it ought to be straightforward, but usually there’s an ulterior motive here: are you able to work well as part of a team?

What is UserDefaults good for? What is UserDefaults not good for?

2:17

INTERVIEW QUESTIONS

What is UserDefaults good for? What is UserDefaults not good for?

UserDefaults is the simplest way of storing user data, which makes it appealing for beginners, but also useful for even experienced developers who need a sensible place to stash away user preferences. However, it has downsides, and it’s important you’re familiar with them if you want to answer this question well.

Testing the basics

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ULTIMATE PORTFOLIO APP

Testing the basics

UPDATED: At last it’s time to start writing tests for our project, which means a little bit of setup work backed by writing our first couple of tests – we’ll take this slow initially, but lay down a good foundation for future tests.

Sorting, filtering, and relationships with SwiftData

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EVENTS

Sorting, filtering, and relationships with SwiftData

When it comes to sorting our data, SwiftData has two approaches: the trivial version that works great in a WWDC video and a handful of small projects, and a more complex version that is much more indicative of the kinds of apps you’ll be building in real life.

Animating lightning bolts

39:22

REMAKING APPS

Animating lightning bolts

It’s time for us to build one of the most eye-catching effects in the weather app: the fantastic bolts of lightning that arc down, fork off randomly, and really add some drama to stormy days. This is going to be good…

Can you give some examples of where singletons might be a good idea?

2:23

INTERVIEW QUESTIONS

Can you give some examples of where singletons might be a good idea?

This sounds like a trick question because so many people rail against singletons, but the real challenge is actually providing a good answer – places where singletons actually work.

Word Scramble

6:23

SOLUTIONS

Word Scramble

This challenge asks you to disallow certain words, let users start a new game whenever they want, and also track player scores. Let’s tackle it now…

Earning awards

13:10

ULTIMATE PORTFOLIO APP

Earning awards

UPDATED: Now that we’ve designed a basic awards UI, we can bring it to life with some Core Data queries to determine which awards have actually been earned.

Adding a meteor shower

25:55

REMAKING APPS

Adding a meteor shower

Large parts of Apple’s Weather app is about bringing little sparks of joy to an otherwise very serious, fact-driven experience, but none more so than the random little meteors that fly by on starry nights. They move so fast so you might be tempted to skip over them, but I think it’s definitely worth exploring and having some fun with!

Making your app accessible

16:13

ULTIMATE PORTFOLIO APP

Making your app accessible

UPDATED: It is my firm belief that every iOS app should be usable to everyone, and putting in the work to make your app function well no matter who is using it says a lot about the kind of developer you are.

What’s new in Swift 5.9?

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EVENTS

What’s new in Swift 5.9?

Swift 5.9 introduces a whole batch of major changes to the language. It’s hard to believe this is another minor release, but at this point it’s safe to say that Swift 5.9 is more or less unrecognizable from any Swift 4 release.

Rendering a pie chart

25:37

RENDERING CHARTS IN SWIFTUI

Rendering a pie chart

Pie charts are a classic way of showing divided data visually, and they represent interesting challenges around sizing and angles. In this article we’ll build a complete pie chart view from scratch using SwiftUI, ensuring it works using animation, and also modify it to support donut-style charts too.

Uploading Codable data

27:13

NETWORKING

Uploading Codable data

In a previous article we already looked at a great way to download data using Combine, but in this article we’re going to examine the other side of the problem: uploading Codable data. Apple’s API here is a little gnarly, so I’m going to show you how to wrap it in a neat container using generics and Result.

When would you choose an environment object over an observed object?

1:59

INTERVIEW QUESTIONS

When would you choose an environment object over an observed object?

This might sound like a trivial property wrappers question testing your factual knowledge, but really it’s an architectural decision: what are the advantages and disadvantages of each, and when do they matter?

 
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