Swift Unwrapped - Interview with Ted Kremenek This edition of the Swift Unwrapped podcast features an interview with Ted Kremenek, who manages the Languages and Runtimes team at Apple. Ted talks about everything Swift, from the upcoming 4.2 version to Swift 5, which will be released early next year. Posted on June 19, 2018 #podcast
What’s new in iOS 12? Paul Hudson walks us through the major changes coming with iOS 12, providing Swift code examples that we can try out ourselves. Posted on June 18, 2018 #iOS #iOS12
Enumerating enum cases in Swift New in Swift 4.2 is the ability to specify that the compiler should generate a collection of an enum’s cases. In this post, Ole Begemann first shows us how we can use the new CaseIterable protocol with enums, before looking at how we can make other types CaseIterable. Posted on June 17, 2018 #swift4.2 #enum
Swift Diagnostics: #warning and #error This is a really interesting post from Greg Heo, in which he looks at two new compiler diagnostic directives which are available in Swift 4.2. Rather than simple show us how we can use them, Greg instead digs deeper, showing us how they are implemented in C++. Posted on June 16, 2018 #swift4.2 #compiler #directive
Why optional closures in Swift are escaping In this short post, Jesse Squires explains why optional closure function parameters are always implicitly escaping. Once you read why, it makes total sense. Posted on June 15, 2018 #closure
Random numbers in Swift Swift 4.2 introduces a native random number API in the standard library. In this post, Ole Begemann walks us through what was added, and describes how we can the new API to write correct random number related code. Posted on June 13, 2018 #evolution. swift4.2
On my misalignment with Apple's love affair with Swift This is an interesting post from Dominik Wagner in which he explains why he is not a fan of Swift. Although I don’t share Dominik’s overall opinion of Swift, I do agree with some of the points he makes, particularly regarding the tension that exists between Swift and existing Apple frameworks. Even if you love the language, it’s good to understand the reasons why other’s don’t. Posted on June 12, 2018 #opinion
Code Injection In Swift Christoffer Winterkvist describes how we can use the Swift Vaccine library together with the Injectionlll macOS app to achieve code injection, or hot reloading, in our Xcode projects. This is pretty cool, and I can definitely see this being used in my day to day development. Posted on June 9, 2018 #injection #Xcode
SE-0155 Status Update The Swift evolution proposal to Normalize Enum Case Representation is partly implemented, and this Swift Forums post lists the status for each goal of the proposal. This is a worthwhile proposal, with some nice improvements to the language, so it’s great to see progress being made. Posted on June 8, 2018 #evolution #enum
WhatsNewKit - Showcase your awesome new app features This Swift library from Sven Tiigi enables us to easily showcase new app features. It’s fully customizable and comes with predefined themes and animations. Posted on June 7, 2018 #library #iOS