Swift over Coffee: Recent Episodes

Paul Hudson and Erica Sadun

Swift over Coffee is a podcast that helps you keep your Swift skills up to date the easy way, hosted by Paul Hudson and Erica Sadun. Each episode has news, our picks of the week, plus an open ballot where you can share your views on important topics.

Follow us on Twitter at @swiftovercoffee.

Note: all the discussion from Erica and Paul is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. Our regular intro/outro music is also licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0, and is called "Dropping out of School" by Brad Sucks.

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In this episode: We discuss Apple's developer academies, share our advice for becoming a fully independent developer, and on Swift's 10th anniversary share your stories of how Swift impacted your lives:

  • Hacking with Swift WWDC24 sale: https://www.hackingwithswift.com/offers
  • Mikaela’s Keyboard: https://zsa.io
  • New Apple forums: https://forums.developer.apple.com
  • Apple developer academy graduation: https://x.com/EEhare/status/1796145402695012499
  • Getting featured on the App Store: https://developer.apple.com/app-store/getting-featured/

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In this episode: We discuss Apple's newest accessibility features coming in iOS 18, share our tips for working with difficult colleagues and clients, and read your replies to our open ballot: is Swift Evolution working?

  • Apple’s new accessibility features in iOS 18: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2024/05/apple-announces-new-accessibility-features-including-eye-tracking/?1715781602
  • Deep Dish Swift: https://deepdishswift.com
  • Swift Craft: https://swiftcraft.uk
  • iOSKonf: https://www.ioskonf.mk
  • ARCtic Conference: https://arcticonference.com
  • Matthew Skiles, icon designer: https://www.matthewskiles.com/
  • Swift Gems from Natalia Panferova: https://books.nilcoalescing.com/swift-gems
  • The Advantage book: https://www.amazon.com/Advantage-Organizational-Health-Everything-Business/dp/0470941529
  • Extreme Ownership book: https://echelonfront.com/books/extreme-ownership/
  • Interview with Chris Lattner: https://www.youtube.com/live/OAaQhW4ifu0?si=drHVY_dkJoc4_4H6
The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else In Business

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In this episode: We talk about the community events taking place alongside WWDC24, discuss what we're hoping to see change in Apple's APIs this year, and share your tips for getting apps ready for iOS 18.

  • One More Thing conference: https://omt-conf.com/
  • Sponsoring iOS Dev Happy Hour: https://sponsorships.iosdevhappyhour.com
  • Deep Dish Swift: https://deepdishswift.com/
  • Swift Craft: https://swiftcraft.uk/
  • Women Who Code is closing down: https://womenwhocode.com/blog/the-end-of-an-era-women-who-code-closing
  • Mikaela's open-source library for hand tracking on visionOS: https://github.com/mikaelacaron/HANDS
  • Mikaela’s not-so top secret new app:https://getfruitful.app

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In this episode: We start to get excited about WWDC24, talk about the pros and cons of pair programming, and share your views on how to make apps more accessible.

  • try! Swift Tokyo: https://tryswift.jp/_en
  • Ignite: ⁠http://github.com/twostraws/Ignite⁠
  • Vision Pro Dev Camp - ⁠https://visiondevcamp.org⁠
  • A Beginner’s Guide to Apple Vision Pro, Women Who Code: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_x28wNkgdSVi01JXfoc8aNw
  • WWDC 24: ⁠https://developer.apple.com/wwdc24/⁠
  • Bas Broek on iOS Dev Happy Hour: https://youtu.be/1j6z9guAovI
  • Adrian Eves on Twitter: https://twitter.com/swifteves

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In this episode: We discuss why it's so important to attend conferences and other meetups, share the best moments from your careers, and play an all-new game: guess how many credit cards Mikaela has?

  • Exploring Mars from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at NASA: https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/exploring-mars/id6475634958

  • Paul's iOS Simulator tip: https://x.com/twostraws/status/1760304617441952038?s=20

  • Apple's International Women’s Day event: https://developer.apple.com/events/view/M3M552SRZ6/dashboard

  • iOS Dev Happy Hour: https://iOSDevHappyHour.com

  • Cocoa Conferences: https://cocoaconferences.com

  • SwiftCraft in Folkestone: https://swiftcraft.uk

  • Deep Dish Swift: https://deepdishswift.com

  • SwiftConf: https://swiftconf.com

  • Danielle Lewis on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dlewisdev

  • Apple’s Racial Equity and Justice initiative: https://www.apple.com/racial-equity-justice-initiative/

  • Form to be featured in the App Store: https://developer.apple.com/contact/app-store/promote/

  • Mikaela's affiliate link for TelemetryDeck: http://bit.ly/3T9Gfqb

  • Mikaela's affiliate link for CardPointers: https://cardpointers.com/unicorn

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In this episode: Swift 5.10 is here, we share our tips on mentoring and being mentored, and try out your Vision Pro apps.

  • Apple Vision Pro is here: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2024/02/apple-vision-pro-arrives-in-apple-store-locations-across-the-us/

  • Email to Apple developers from Susan Prescott: https://x.com/twostraws/status/1753526820811452729

  • Launched podcast with Charlie, Christian, and Devin: https://x.com/LaunchedFM/status/1755597370975478170

  • pkl: https://github.com/apple/pkl

  • xkcd Standards: https://xkcd.com/927

  • Nominations for the Packages Community Showcase on Swift.org: https://forums.swift.org/t/nominations-for-the-packages-community-showcase-on-swift-org/68168

  • Erica Sadun on being humble as a developer: https://x.com/ericasadun/status/1075178908771729409

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In this episode: Apple's Vision Pro is almost here and we couldn't be more excited, we share our tips for building a great app portfolio, and discuss your answers to the open ballot: where do you find app inspiration?

  • Vision Pro is available to pre-order: https://www.apple.com/apple-vision-pro

  • Slopes: https://getslopes.com

  • Despair, Inc Demotivator: https://despair.com/products/apathy

  • Upgrade your Mac: https://www.hackingwithswift.com/plus/live-streams/upgrade-your-mac

  • xkcd Kerning: https://xkcd.com/1015/

  • Logical: https://www.lemonamiga.com/games/details.php?id=689

  • Willis Gibson beats Tetris: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-67871775

  • Zach Tidwell on Twitter: https://x.com/ZachCTidwell/status/1743660293115314653

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In this episode: We reveal the best way to use your Apple developer subscription, discuss our experience of using AI to build software, and share your tips on the best ways to approach debugging. Merry Christmas, folks!

  • Everyone gets 25 hours of free Xcode Cloud: https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=ik9z4ll6

  • How to submit a request to Apple's DTS team: https://developer.apple.com/support/technical

  • Apple's Journaling Suggestions API: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/journalingsuggestions

  • Never trust a pilot: https://x.com/twostraws/status/1732544903115157981

  • Sharpshooter: https://github.com/twostraws/Sharpshooter

  • Rob Napier's grim truth: https://x.com/cocoaphony/status/1224364439429881856

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In this episode: We review Hacktoberfest and make plans for our future indie projects, share our thoughts on what makes great app architecture, and read out your tips on what's the most useful skill for a developer to have that isn't coding itself.

  • Packages on Swift.org: https://www.swift.org/packages/showcase.html

  • Apple's use of Swift and SwiftUI in iOS 17: https://blog.timac.org/2023/1019-state-of-swift-and-swiftui-ios17/

  • Gui Rambo's iOS architecture inventor: https://iosarchitecture.top

  • The Gang of Four book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_Patterns

  • Template method: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_method_pattern

  • xkcd Compiling: https://xkcd.com/303/

  • xkcd Dependencies: https://xkcd.com/2347/

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In this episode: We discuss the value of building a side project you love, chat about Apple's latest Vision Pro sample code, and share your views on our open ballot: should we use Swift everywhere, or learn different languages?

  • xkcd Ten Thousand: https://xkcd.com/1053/

  • Swift Splash: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/visionos/swift-splash

  • SF Symbols 5: https://developer.apple.com/sf-symbols/

  • Mikaela's GitHub Hacktoberfest repo about how much she loves cars: https://github.com/mikaelacaron/Basic-Car-Maintenance

  • xkcd Standards: https://xkcd.com/927/

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In this episode: It's a job interview special, packed with our tips for preparing for interviews so you can really excel, followed by our listeners' tips so you can do the best on the day.

  • Shared passwords: https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/share-passwords-iphe6b2b7043/ios

  • iOS Dev Weekly: https://iosdevweekly.com/

  • Swift Coding Challenges: https://www.hackingwithswift.com/store/swift-coding-challenges

  • The Ultimate Portfolio App: https://www.hackingwithswift.com/plus/ultimate-portfolio-app

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In this episode: Vision Pro labs, the worst code we've ever written, and we discuss your answers to our open ballot: do developers also need to be designers?

  • Vision Pro labs: https://developer.apple.com/visionos/labs/
  • List of APIs that require declared reasons: https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=z6fu1dcu
  • Lux apps: https://www.lux.camera/

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In this episode: we discuss the earliest iPhone apps, share our tips for contributing to the community, and discuss your answers to our open ballot: should new developers learn UIKit, or is SwiftUI enough?

  • The original 500 App Store apps and games from 11 July 2008: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1EpEm01wn18K1Nh_xDU8jZYwRfL9f6KkYUMjJvUPZpc4/edit#gid=0
  • Mikaela's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@MikaelaCaron
  • Mikaela's website: http://mikaelacaron.com
  • Mikaela on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikaela__caron
  • Mikaela on Mastodon: https://swiftdevs.space/@mikaelacaron
  • Mikaela on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@mikaelacaron
  • Mikaela on OnlyFans: https://tinyurl.com/mikaelaonlyfans

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In this episode: we discuss Apple's big SwiftData announcement, our plans for building visionOS apps, and what's missing from SwiftUI after WWDC23.

  • WWDC Notes: https://www.wwdcnotes.com/
  • James Dempsey and the Breakpoints: https://livenearwwdc.com/
  • SwiftData: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/swiftdata
  • visionOS: https://developer.apple.com/visionos/
  • Vision Pro from a Developer's Perspective: https://youtu.be/n8-wTpiuZwE

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In this episode: we discuss Apple's incredible new accessibility features, ask how you can keep learning and growing in your career, and share your wish lists for WWDC23.

  • iOS Dev Happy Hour links: https://links.iosdevhappyhour.com
  • Apple introduces new features for cognitive accessibility, along with Live Speech, Personal Voice, and Point and Speak in Magnifier: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2023/05/apple-previews-live-speech-personal-voice-and-more-new-accessibility-features/
  • Arnold's Pump Club podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/arnolds-pump-club/id1680075779
  • Deep Dish Swift: https://deepdishswift.com
  • Deep dish pizza: https://twitter.com/twostraws/status/1653069375828553730
  • Soroush Khanlou, MVVM is Not Very Good: https://khanlou.com/2015/12/mvvm-is-not-very-good
  • WWDC23: https://developer.apple.com/wwdc23

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In this episode: we celebrate Swiftmas and Dubmas all together, plus talk about remote conferences, tuple conformance, Mint, WWDC wishlists, and more.

Swift Package Index: http://swiftpackageindex.com 

Swift AWS Lambda runtime: https://swift.org/blog/aws-lambda-runtime

Adding CI support to SPM packages: https://github.com/brightdigit/EggSeed

SE-0283: Tuples Conform to Equatable, Comparable, and Hashable – https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0283-tuples-are-equatable-comparable-hashable.md

SE-0270: Add Collection Operations on Noncontiguous Elements: https://github.com/apple/swift-se0270-range-set/

Paul’s pick: WWDC 2020 Student Challenge Submissions: https://wwdc.github.io/2020/

Erica’s pick: Mint from Yonas Kolb and GUI Rambo’s WWDC app: https://github.com/insidegui/WWDC 

WWDC wishlists

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In this episode: WWDC goes WFH, Swift gets some inspiration from JavaScript, and we review your awesome Breathe app submissions.

  • WWDC is online: https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=03132020a
  • Swift Argument Parser: https://github.com/apple/swift-argument-parser
  • SE-0279 Multiple Trailing Closures: https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0279-multiple-trailing-closures.md
  • Push notifications may now be user for advertising (with consent)
  • Paul’s pick: Table, by Shawn Baek – https://github.com/ShawnBaek/Table
  • Erica’s pick: Slideas – https://www.slideas.app/
  • Challenge: Recreate the Breathe app animation from watchOS – https://github.com/twostraws/SwiftOverCoffee

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In this episode: Erica learns to pronounce things the Paul way, we're blown away by how good Swift 5.2's error messages are, and discuss listener views on the future of Swift.

  • Control Room: https://github.com/twostraws/ControlRoom
  • iOS Dev Survey: https://iosdevsurvey.com/
  • Swift Playgrounds for macOS: https://www.apple.com/uk/swift/playgrounds/
  • New diagnostics in Swift 5.2: https://swift.org/blog/new-diagnostic-arch-overview/
  • Paul's first pick: CocoaHub – https://cocoahub.app
  • Paul's second pick: Brisk – https://github.com/twostraws/Brisk
  • Erica's pick: Joe Groff's Twitter feed – https://twitter.com/jckarter
  • Open ballot: Apart from async/await, what new feature do you most want to see in Swift 6?

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In this episode: on the road to Swift 6, handling key presses in iOS, and whether to build an app or a website.

  • Xcode 11.4 beta: https://developer.apple.com/download/
  • On the Road to Swift 6: https://forums.swift.org/t/on-the-road-to-swift-6/32862
  • SE-0276 Multi-Pattern Catch Clauses: https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0276-multi-pattern-catch-clauses.md
  • SE-0269: Increase availability of implicit self in @escaping closures when reference cycles are unlikely to occur – https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0269-implicit-self-explicit-capture.md
  • SE-0110: Distinguish between single-tuple and multiple-argument function types – https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0110-distingish-single-tuple-arg.md
  • SwiftCrypto: https://github.com/apple/swift-crypto
  • Paul's Pick: pressesBegan() - https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/uiresponder/1621134-pressesbegan
  • Erica's Pick: SE-0274 – Concise magic file names – https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0274-magic-file.md
  • Open ballot: When should an app idea be an app, and when should it be a website instead?

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In this episode: Swift 5.2 snapshots are available for download, Paul enjoys some property wrappers, and we dream about what SwiftUI 2.0 might bring.

  • App Updates for HTML5 Apps: https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=01212020a
  • Swift 5.2 snapshots now available: https://swift.org/download
  • Swift for Good: https://www.swiftforgood.com
  • Paul's pick: Creating a property wrapper to give us SwiftUI's environment in UIKit.
  • Erica's pick: SE-0253 – https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0253-callable.md
  • Open ballot: If you could change one thing about SwiftUI, what would it be?

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In this episode: Sean's beard is staying in San Francisco, the NeXT era is ending, we discuss SwiftUI's forms system, and explore the many amazing new features from WWDC19.

  • The NeXT Era Ends, the Swift Era Begins: https://inessential.com/2019/06/07/the_next_era_ends_the_swift_era_begins

  • WWDC 2019 Session Notes: https://github.com/Blackjacx/WWDC

  • WWDC 2019 The Things You May Have Missed: https://patrickbalestra.com/blog/2019/06/07/wwdc-2019-the-things-you-may-have-missed.html

  • About SwiftUI: https://github.com/Juanpe/About-SwiftUI

  • Paul's pick: SwiftUI's forms – https://www.hackingwithswift.com/quick-start/swiftui/working-with-forms

  • Sean's pick: WWDC 2019 (Mind the Enthusiasm Gap) – https://nshipster.com/wwdc-2019/

  • Open Ballot: Now that the dust has settled, what was your favorite new feature announced at WWDC19 that isn't SwiftUI?

  • Plus: your chance to win a massive pile of Swift books to enjoy over summer!

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In this special episode we’re joined by our friends Kristina Fox, JP Simard, Gui Rambo, and Kaya Thomas as we discuss everything new from WWDC19. Strap yourselves in – this is a long one!

  • News: what isn’t news this week? We dive into dark mode, Xcode 11, ARKit, RealityKit, Vision OCR, and more.

  • Focus on Swift 5.1: how opaque return types, function builders, property wrappers, and module stability combine to make SwiftUI possible.

  • Project Catalyst: now that we can build our iOS apps for macOS, who is going to use it, what advantages and disadvantages does it have, and are we going to see mass adoption?

  • Open Ballot: What are your early reactions to SwiftUI?

Our sponsor for this episode was MacStadium, provider of Apple Mac infrastructure-as-a-service. If you’re building apps for the Apple ecosystem, learn more about MacStadium’s infrastructure at macstadium.com.

We’re also grateful to AltConf for letting us use their amazing space, to Breaker for recording and mixing the episode, and our wonderful guest hosts for giving up their time to take part. Thanks, everyone!

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In this episode: the Apple Developer Academy is open for another year, iOS Dev Jobs launches, we reveal why "Spectre" has British spelling, and ponder what Apple might announce at WWDC19.

  • Swift over Coffee Live is happening at AltConf 2019! Tickets are free thanks to MacStadium and AltConf, but you need to register for one here: ti.to/altconf/SwiftoverCoffeeLive

  • Apple Developer Academy registration: https://9to5mac.com/2019/05/16/apple-developer-academy

  • GitHub sponsors: https://github.com/sponsors

  • iOS Dev Jobs: https://iosdevjobs.com

  • Paul's pick: system library targets (SE-0208) – https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0208-package-manager-system-library-targets.md

  • Sean's pick: Spectre retrospective – https://blog.halide.cam/a-spectre-retrospective-part-1-build-a-feature-or-an-app-e9e421015432

  • Open ballot: What developer changes would you like to see announced at WWDC?

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In this episode: Swift hits the front-end of the web, Marzipan creeps closer, Paul talks about the importance of data hiding in Swift 5.1, and we discuss what makes for great code review.

  • Swift over Coffee Live is happening at AltConf 2019! Tickets are free thanks to MacStadium and AltConf, but you need to register for one here: https://ti.to/altconf/SwiftoverCoffeeLive

  • Unwrap for iOS: https://www.hackingwithswift.com/unwrap

  • Swift on WebAssembly: https://swiftwasm.org

  • SE-0259 - Approximate Equality for Floating Point: https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0259-approximately-equal.md

  • SE-0260 Library Evolution for Stable ABIs: https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0260-library-evolution.md

  • What to Expect From Marzipan: https://blog.iconfactory.com/2019/05/what-to-expect-from-marzipan/

  • Paul's pick: How to use opaque return types in Swift 5.1 – https://www.hackingwithswift.com/articles/187/how-to-use-opaque-return-types-in-swift-5-1

  • Sean's pick: Rotato – https://rotato.xyz

  • Pull request checklists: https://kristina.io/pull-request-checklists

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In this episode: Swift 5.1 gathers strength, Realm gets swallowed up by MongoDB, Sean discovers SwiftLint, and we discuss whether Apple Arcade will be good for the indie game development community.

  • SE-0255 Implicit returns from single-expression functions: https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0255-omit-return.md

  • SE-0259 Approximate Equality for Floating Point: https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0259-approximately-equal.md

  • Swift 5.1 snapshots available: https://swift.org/download/

  • Realm acquired by MongoDB: https://realm.io/blog/mongodb-to-acquire-realm-the-future-is-bright/

  • Docker Hub security breach: https://thehackernews.com/2019/04/docker-hub-data-breach.html

  • Paul's pick: Zephyr – https://github.com/ArtSabintsev/Zephyr

  • Sean's pick: SwiftLint – https://github.com/realm/SwiftLint

  • Open ballot: Do you think Apple Arcade will be good for the wider iOS game development community?

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In this episode: lots of new Swift Evolution proposals are in review, we discuss that TechCrunch article, dive into server-side Swift, and try to figure out how to pronounce “Herbert”.

  • Swift 5 Officially Released: https://swift.org/blog/swift-5-released/

  • SE-0246 Generic Math Functions: https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0246-mathable.md

  • SE-0249 KeyPath Expressions as Functions: https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0249-key-path-literal-function-expressions.md

  • SE-0252 Key Path Member Lookup: https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0252-keypath-dynamic-member-lookup.md

  • SE-0248 String Gaps and Missing APIs: https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0248-string-gaps-missing-apis.md

  • SE-0257 Eliding commas from multiline expression lists: https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0257-elide-comma.md

  • SE-0255 Implicit returns from single-expression functions: https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0255-omit-return.md

  • Paul’s pick: Whither app developers? – https://techcrunch.com/2019/04/14/whither-native-app-developers/

  • Sean’s pick: Pacing Ourselves in the Marzipan Marathon – https://blog.curtisherbert.com/pacing-ourselves-in-the-marzipan-marathon/

  • Open Ballot: Have you experimented with server-side Swift? If so, what are your thoughts, and if not what's holding you back?

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In this episode: the Swift style guide marches on to formal review, we pick out our favorite events at iOSCon, and discuss whether it's important for iOS developers to be skilled in more than one platform.

  • WWDC ticket winners – who got lucky? (Spoiler: it was Paul.) (And not Sean.)

  • SE-0250: Swift Code Style Guidelines and Formatter – https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0250-swift-style-guide-and-formatter.md

  • SE-0249: Key Path Expressions as Functions – https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0249-key-path-literal-function-expressions.md

  • Paul’s first pick: Gwendolyn Weston's talk "The Business Case For Your Code" – https://skillsmatter.com/skillscasts/11749-keynote-the-business-case-for-your-code

  • Gwen's book, Intentional Friendships: https://gumroad.com/l/friendsyay

  • Paul’s second pick: Being able to do some coding with Connie, a young coder, at iOSCon.

  • Sean’s first pick: Niamh Power's talk "Better Together" – https://skillsmatter.com/skillscasts/13385-better-together

  • Sean's second pick: Getting to attend his first major conference and meeting lots of other Swift developers.

  • Open ballot: Should mobile developers be skilled in more than one platform, e.g. Android or React as well as iOS?

Thanks to Skillsmatter in London for hosting our first live podcast episode!

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In this episode: WWDC is announced at last, memberwise initializers get better in Swift 5.1, we vent about getting lost in side projects, and discuss Marzipan.

  • WWDC dates announced: https://developer.apple.com/wwdc19

  • SE-0242: Synthesize default values for the memberwise initializer – https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0242-default-values-memberwise.md

  • SE-0246: Generic Math Functions – https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0246-mathable.md

  • Paul’s first pick: providesAppNotificationSettings – https://developer.apple.com/documentation/usernotifications/unnotificationsettings/2990404-providesappnotificationsettings

  • Paul’s second pick: count(where:) was removed from Swift 5.0 – https://twitter.com/AirspeedSwift/status/1102654876394246146?s=20

  • Sean’s pick: Getting Too Absorbed in Side Projects – https://www.bennettnotes.com/post/getting-too-absorbed-into-your-side-projects/

  • Open ballot: Make something for macOS now, wait for Marzipan, or ignore it entirely?

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In this episode: the first sighting of Swift 5.1, a Swift style guide is on the cards, we talk about toast (the user interface kind!), and look for where there’s still money to be made on the App Store.

  • Swift 5.1 Release Process: https://swift.org/blog/5-1-release-process/

  • Pitch for Official Swift Style Guide: https://forums.swift.org/t/pitch-an-official-style-guide-and-formatter-for-swift/21025

  • Apple allowing developers to offer subscription discounts: https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=02222019a

  • Paul’s pick – Loaf: https://github.com/schmidyy/Loaf

  • Sean's pick – A Best in Class iOS App by Jordan Morgan: https://www.swiftjectivec.com/a-best-in-class-app/

  • Open Ballot: Is there still money to be made on the App Store? If so, how?

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In this episode: Swift 5 nears ABI stability, Swift adoption in apps is skyrocketing, we make all our unit tests pass, and discuss how we'd change Swift.

  • Swift 5 ABI Stability and Evolving Swift on Apple Platforms: https://swift.org/blog/abi-stability-and-apple/

  • How many apps use Swift in 2019? https://blog.andrewmadsen.com/post/182862756395/how-many-apps-use-swift-in-2019

  • Esoteric Swift repo by Jesse Squires: https://github.com/jessesquires/esoteric-swift

  • Apple to require two-factor authentication for developer accounts: https://appleinsider.com/articles/19/02/13/apple-to-require-two-factor-authentication-for-developer-accounts

  • Paul’s pick - LOLzwagon: https://github.com/DerekSelander/LOLzwagon

  • Sean's pick - Speeding up development: a collection of tips – https://www.avanderlee.com/optimization/speeding-up-development-a-collection-of-tips/

  • Open Ballot: If you could change one thing about Swift, what would it be?

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In this episode: Xcode ships with a Swift 5 beta, Apple smacks down Facebook and Google, we discuss the value of design, and talk about important knowledge for iOS developers.

  • Xcode 10.2 includes an early Swift 5 version: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/xcode_release_notes/xcode_10_2_beta_release_notes

  • Apple revokes certificates from Google and Facebook: https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/31/18205795/apple-google-blocked-internal-ios-apps-developer-certificate

  • UIKonf's all-female speaker line up: http://www.uikonf.com/blog/

  • Paul’s pick - KeyValuePairs: https://www.hackingwithswift.com/example-code/language/what-are-keyvaluepairs

  • Sean's pick - Designing for iOS Success by Jakub Turek: https://blog.elpassion.com/designing-for-ios-success-e897062f3ebc

  • Open Ballot: Apart from Swift and framework knowledge, what are key skills for iOS developers?

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In this episode: we examine the need for manager objects, look at Swift Package Manager’s rise in popularity, discuss the usefulness of ARKit, and - brace yourself - talk extensively about strings.

  • The trouble with manager objects: https://sandofsky.com/blog/manager-classes.html

  • It’s time to use Swift Package Manager: http://artsy.github.io/blog/2019/01/05/its-time-to-use-spm

  • Advent of Code in Swift: https://medium.com/@ianpartridge/advent-of-code-in-swift-8f631eea63ec

  • Paul’s pick - Replace Booleans with Two-cased Enumerations: http://narf.pl/posts/2cased

  • Sean's pick - Dive deep into Swift String: https://flawlessapp.io/blog/dive-deep-into-swift-string

  • Open Ballot: ARKit - what is it really good for? (Making Sean sing, apparently.)

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In this episode: Swift 5 string interpolation gets its first real project, iOS 12 adoption flies ahead, we delve into the (apparently) ancient history of iOS development, and talk about Christmas. Er, WWDC.

  • Menu bars on iOS: https://codea.io/blog/the-ios-menu/

  • Templates using string interpolation: https://github.com/ilyapuchka/Interplate

  • iOS 12 adoption now at 75%: https://9to5mac.com/2019/01/02/ios-12-adoption/

  • Paul's pick: Storyboards vs programmatic UI – https://twitter.com/twostraws/status/1081181216970366977?s=20

  • Sean's pick: How iOS Development Has Evolved - http://www.thomashanning.com/how-ios-development-has-evolved-over-the-past-8-years/

  • Open Ballot: Are you tired of Apple's simultaneous annual releases of all their operating systems, or do you like getting everything bumped all at once?

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In this episode: Codable conformance for Range types, string interpolation in Swift 5.0, Paul and Sean discuss their work over 2018 and plans for 2019, and we ask: what would you change about Xcode?

  • SE-0235: Add Result to the Standard Library – https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0235-add-result.md - SE-0239: Add Codable conformance to Range types

– https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0239-codable-range.md

  • Is gifting in-app purchases coming soon? https://www.macrumors.com/2018/12/19/app-store-in-app-purchase-gifting/

  • String interpolation changes in Swift 5.0: https://ericasadun.com/2018/12/16/swift-5-interpolation-part-3-dates-and-number-formatters/ and http://alisoftware.github.io/swift/2018/12/15/swift5-stringinterpolation-part1/

  • Because this is the end-of-year episode, our picks this time were replaced with looking back on 2018, and looking forward to 2019.

  • Open ballot: What would you change about Xcode?

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In this episode: Result comes to the standard library, the App Store is going down for Christmas, Paul replaces Reachability at last, and we discuss how best to contribute to the community.

  • Sean's book, It's Only Crazy Until You Do It: https://gumroad.com/l/sean-allen-origin

  • SE-0235, Add Result to the Standard Library: https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0235-add-result.md

  • How to game the App Store: http://davidbarnard.com/post/180568817995/how-to-game-the-app-store

  • App Store Connect shutdown schedule: https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=11272018

  • Contributing to the Swift Benchmark Suite: https://patrickbalestra.com/blog/2018/11/12/contributing-to-the-swift-benchmark-suite.html

  • Pointfree’s new snapshot library: https://github.com/pointfreeco/swift-snapshot-testing

  • Paul's pick: NWPathMonitor – https://developer.apple.com/documentation/network/nwpathmonitor

  • Sean's pick: Programming Sucks – https://www.stilldrinking.org/programming-sucks

  • Open Ballot: what's the best way to contribute to the Swift community?

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In this episode: community news galore, more great features from Swift 5.0, coding tips from the 80s, plus our open ballot: what’s your favorite part of writing iOS apps with Swift?

  • Swift 5.0 has been branched: https://swift.org/blog/5-0-release-process/

  • SE-0231, optional iteration, has been rejected: https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0231-optional-iteration.md

  • WeTransfer's URLProtocol mock: https://github.com/WeTransfer/Mocker

  • Black Friday sales on Swift books: https://www.hackingwithswift.com/articles/133/black-friday-2018-save-money-on-swift-books

  • Swift Community Awards 2018: https://www.hackingwithswift.com/awards

  • Paul's pick: SE-0216, @dynamicCallable – https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0216-dynamic-callable.md

  • Sean's pick: Coding, burnout, and mental health – https://medium.com/@PaulDJohnston/coding-burnout-and-mental-health-32715fb5727e

  • Coding tips written 30 years ago: https://twitter.com/spine_cone/status/1054210656876953603?s=20

  • Lumina: https://github.com/dokun1/Lumina

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In this episode: Swift's strings are now stored as UTF-8, Sherlock lets you poke around in iOS layouts, Paul talks about mocking networking more easily, and we talk about whether surprise and delight in user interfaces is important.

  • Testing Swift: https://www.hackingwithswift.com/store/testing-swift

  • String's ABI and UTF-8: https://forums.swift.org/t/string-s-abi-and-utf-8/17676

  • Apple's October event: https://www.apple.com/apple-events/october-2018/

  • Sherlock: https://sherlock.inspiredcode.io/

  • App Store Connect API: https://developer.apple.com/app-store-connect/api/

  • Paul's Pick: the protocolClasses property of URLSessionConfiguration: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/foundation/urlsessionconfiguration/1411050-protocolclasses

  • Sean's Pick: Embracing the deadline: How engineers benefit from delivery dates: https://www.intercom.com/blog/embracing-the-deadline-how-engineers-benefit-from-delivery-dates/

  • Open Ballot: Should UIs surprise and delight users, or is it better to be functional?

  • Apple's old Passbook deletion animation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CgfaxJogEY

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In this episode: flattening nested optionals is accepted as optional iteration is being reviewed, Apple works on a project to support the language server protocol, Sean talks about Airbnb's Lottie framework, and we discuss the importance of good testing.

  • SE-0230: Flatten nested optionals resulting from 'try?' – https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0230-flatten-optional-try.md

  • SE-0231: Optional Iteration – https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0231-optional-iteration.md

  • New LSP language service supporting Swift and C-family languages for any editor and platform – https://forums.swift.org/t/new-lsp-language-service-supporting-swift-and-c-family-languages-for-any-editor-and-platform/17024

  • App Bundles Now Support Mac Apps and Free Apps with Subscriptions – https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=10162018

  • Paul's Pick: "Boy, Have I Been Misusing SCNetworkReachability" – http://blog.jaredsinclair.com/post/179083065595/til-boy-have-i-been-misusing

  • Sean's Pick: Lottie, from Airbnb – https://airbnb.design/lottie/

  • Open Ballot: What’s the best way to make sure your code is thoroughly tested?

  • The iOS testing pyramid: http://cleanswifter.com/proposed-ios-testing-pyramid/

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In this episode: iOS 12.0 is picking up speed while 12.1 is already on the way, we dive into DispatchGroup and font metrics, and talk about the many challenges of learning and implementing the latest Swift features.

  • Add your nominations to the Swift Community Awards: https://www.hackingwithswift.com/awards

  • iOS 12 adoption is already past 50%: https://www.macrumors.com/2018/10/11/ios-12-installed-on-53-percent-of-devices/

  • More than 70 new emoji in iOS 12.1: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2018/10/apple-brings-more-than-70-new-emoji-to-iphone-with-ios-12-1/

  • SE-0230: Flatten nested optionals resulting from 'try?' – https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0230-flatten-optional-try.md

  • We can now delete old apps from App Store Connect: https://itunespartner.apple.com/en/apps/news/100002355

  • Paul's pick of the week: DispatchGroup – https://developer.apple.com/documentation/dispatch/dispatchgroup

  • Sean's pick of the week: UIFontMetrics – https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/uifontmetrics

  • Open Ballot: How do you keep up with the evolution of Swift?

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In this episode: Swift 4.2 lands as Swift 5.0 starts to inch closer, Apple gives TestFlight links to the world, we watch Phil Schiller's infamous Jump video for the hundredth time, and Sean admires the sheer mathematical beauty of Bézier curves.

  • Swift 4.2 is out!

  • Swift 5.0 release plan: https://swift.org/blog/5-0-release-process/

  • Public Test Flight links: https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=09262018a

  • NSFW Detector: https://github.com/lovoo/NSFWDetector

  • Apple's use of Swift in iOS 12: https://blog.timac.org/2018/0924-state-of-swift-ios12/

  • Phil Schiller jumps off a ledge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MR4R5LdrJw

  • An Oral History of Infinite Loop: https://www.wired.com/story/apple-infinite-loop-oral-history

  • Sean's animation: https://twitter.com/seanallen_dev/status/1044287956469473280

  • Bézier Curves Under the Hood: https://vimeo.com/106757336

  • Ben Scheirman's Bézier curves talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7e13FierAF8

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In this episode: it's iOS conference season, new devices from Apple, the first tips for Swift 5, and we look at what makes a great job interview for Swift developers.

  • iOSDevUK (https://www.iosdevuk.com), Swift & Fika (http://www.swiftandfika.com), and NSSpain (https://2018.nsspain.com).

  • Optional binding for self: https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0079-upgrade-self-from-weak-to-strong.md

  • Building Apps for iPhone XS: https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/tech-talks/207/

  • Paul's Pick: compactMapValues() is coming in Swift 5 – https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0218-introduce-compact-map-values.md

  • Sean's Pick: Surfacing Shortcuts by Joe Cieplinski – https://joecieplinski.com/blog/2018/09/11/surfacing-shortcuts/

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In this episode: raw strings are back in review, Dynamic Type is more popular than you realize, and we look at ways to fix massive view controllers.

  • Raw strings: https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0200-raw-string-escaping.md

  • xkcd backslashes: https://xkcd.com/1638

  • 40% of users use Dynamic Type: https://twitter.com/browgrammer/status/1031630345551065089

  • The Swift team are working on Docker support: https://forums.swift.org/t/kickstarting-new-official-docker-support-for-swift/15487

  • Paul's pick: SE-0225 shows that Swift Evolution is working well.

  • Sean's pick: SpriteKit is awesome!

  • Dave DeLong's talk at App Builders: https://youtu.be/YWVzCd5FYbs

  • Soroush Khanlou, The Coordinator: http://khanlou.com/2015/01/the-coordinator

  • How to use the coordinator pattern in iOS apps: https://www.hackingwithswift.com/articles/71/how-to-use-the-coordinator-pattern-in-ios-apps