¹ Swift Playgrounds on iPad is a great app and deserves to exist. It has even grown into something that can produce full apps, but it’s not and isn’t intended to be Xcode.
Dave Verwer
Cut through the noise of failing tests and unclear boolean results. See exactly what failed in your test and why with a full video replay, console logs + network calls, device details, and more! Check out an example here, and try it with your own app by visiting waldo.com.
Did you have an app in the App Store on day one? Can you help Craig Grannell assemble a definitive list of debut apps? Even this partial list so far has already brought back so many memories. ❤️
I’ve seen several articles over the last few weeks covering the clean-up and enhancements to the SwiftUI state management APIs, but this one from Sarah Reichelt is the best by far. If you use SwiftUI, put this at the very top of your reading list.
I think one of the biggest surprises of this year’s conference outside of the “one more thing” was interactive widgets. I thought Apple had gone as far as they would go with that feature, and while I was still hoping for 1x1, 1x2, and 2x1-sized widgets, we got interactive ones instead! Jordan Morgan gives us a quick run-through of how to build a simple one.
Understanding new frameworks is always important, but understanding new data storage frameworks is especially important!
What stands out to me is that it sure feels like SwiftData classes are your own classes. But they’re not.
Thanks to Jared Sorge for writing this up!
David Olesch answers a question that will have been on your mind if you’ve ever dropped support for an older operating system version in a shipping app. What do users that don’t upgrade see? It’s great to have this written down somewhere!
It’s a measure of how many new things were announced this year at WWDC that we’re now three weeks past WWDC, and I’ve not linked to anything covering SwiftData yet. 🫨
Let’s fix that. I’ve been following along with Tunde Adegoroye’s series of videos on building a ToDo app using SwiftData, and while there are several more videos to come, what he has put together already is worth watching.
Any new book covering macOS development is worth linking to, and that goes double when the book’s author is Sarah Reichelt. Starting with SwiftUI and adding AppKit in places where it makes sense later is a great way to write a modern Mac app, and that’s what this book teaches.
For full disclosure, I had access to a complimentary review copy of this book.
iPad Software Engineer @ Liquid Instruments – Liquid Instruments is a startup creating a range of modern test and measurement devices using reconfigurable FPGA hardware. We’re looking for someone to help develop the beautiful iPad user interface that drives it all. – On-site (Australia)
You know what I will write here by now, so I’ll just leave you this link. If your company is hiring, please click it. ❤️
Do any of you have an old Apple Watch lying around? ⌚