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Send me a text This is a quick edit of the proceedings. There can very well be audio mishaps in this. We had a MEGA-PRE-WWDC Twitter space on June 1 talking expectations/predictions! These were the hosts: @mikaela__caron , @dvrzan , @joshdholtz , @jordibruin , @rudrankriyam , @amos_gyamfi , @stefanjblos and me.  We had tons of fun though. Join me in Amsterdam for Do iOS 2025 , tickets and details...

Send me a text Marina is a software developer and engineering leader focusing on development for Apple platforms. She's been working in tech since 2008, building tools, products and leading teams. She runs the iOS Code Review Newsletter, and is building the Away App. https://hybridcattt.com/ Marina on Twitter Away App Sign up to Marina's newsletter iOS Code Review Newsletter Please rate...

Send me a text This week I decided to do things different a little bit. I have no clue how exactly next week will look. I know it will be busy, I know it will be awesome. My team and I at Stream are putting together all kinds of ideas for the iOS community. News articles of this week: Server-Side Vapor Swift Implementation With Google, Apple, and Github Authentication What’s A Best-in-Class macOS...

Send me a text Seems I made a muting mistake on my part of my episode with Lea. Please re download the episode if you have issues. It should be fixed now. Meet Lea, you might have seen her online before. If she's doing a talk at a conference near you. JOIN THAT SESSION You will not regret it. Lea is working on Jrny an app based coaching system. Lea bootstrapped it with shoestring and not much...

Send me a text Let's get ready for some conferences. Techorama , AppDevCon and 360iDev . Ready or not… Articles of this week: Fold/Unfold | Xcode Tips How to use a different Swift toolchain in Xcode Using the isEnabled environment value in iOS 14 Mastering TimelineView in SwiftUI Use textCase() to make Text uppercase or lowercase How to Start iOS Development Career Part 2 - Learning Swift Lan...

Send me a text In a recent Twitter Space, Stefan and I decided to dig into a log of things that interest us beyond just iOS development. Some links: Audio / podcasting  DJI Mic Shure Beta 87a Trackballs  Kensington Expert Wireless , but want to get my hands on a Profit Ergo Keyboards  KeyboardIO Atreus Homebuild Lily58 KeyboardIO Model-100 Join me in Amsterdam for Do iOS 2025 , tickets and details...

Send me a text Lost my voice there for a bit. It wasn't that i was unable to speak, but I was sounding so raspy and just horrible. I couldn't make myself inflict that upon you, my listeners. Lots of catching up to do, so I have a whole bunch of articles for you this time. Enjoy! DJI Mic The SwiftUI Series by Jordi Bruin CocoaHeadsNL meetups Articles of this week Measuring app performance...

Send me a text Mark created Big Mountain Studios with a reason. A lifestyle business. At some point he discovered his lifestyle and his business didn't match anymore. So he decided to change up a few things in his business. You will also learn a lot about what motivates Mark and how/why he started Big Mountain Studios. You can find Mark online on: Twitter https://www.bigmountainstudio.com/ As...

Send me a text Shoutout to Jason Zurita for his article https://jasonzurita.com/the-hidden-cost-of-dependencies/ What are third party dependencies?  Explain the distinction between:  1st party, for iOS devs, anything in the iOS SDK. 2nd party dependencies, stuff integration from service provider you rely on. (You could call this a subset of 3rd party dependencies you really can not do without.) 3r...

Send me a text Hear my totally business voice. Alexei and me representing the Stream team. I really liked how it turned out. It is a bit of an oddball episode compared to my regular ones. But I think a lot of fun nonetheless. https://enginears.io/podcast/ Stream are the #1 chat API for custom messaging apps and started off building activity feeds and slowly started introducing chat messaging API’s...

Send me a text It is amazing to get back to in person events again. Totally worth all the hassle of arranging hotels, travel and family life at home. Also a big shout out to Mikaela Caron and her YouTube channel. News / Events Two Ways to Unit Test Notification Center in Swift How to code sign on CI along with Xcode auto sign Quick guide on local notifications for iOS SwiftUI Supporting External S...

Send me a text Notes based on Stefan's companion blog post Kindly share and like this to support us and the project: Release tweet Github repository Star the repo, it allows us to work on it LinkedIn post about release Mac App Store Link The starting point? Amos created tutorials around animations Spring animation tutorial Problem: How to test animation easing before using them in SwiftUI Sol...

Send me a text It is the day before King's day. So party time in the Netherlands. The difference between checked and unsafe continuations in Swift Correctly playing audio in iOS applications Using DocC on GitHub Pages AsyncThrowingStream and AsyncStream explained with code examples iOS Scene Delegates and External Screens CocoaHeadsNL June 15 @ Stream Join me in Amsterdam for Do iOS 2025 , ti...

Send me a text Hidde started out as a designer, but realized he wanted to build what he was designing too.  His sense of design stuck with him while learning how to make apps for the iPhone and Apple Watch. His latest creation is a niche Watch app for kite surfers called Volo. More info on the apps Hidde creates: https://modumhq.com/ Join me in Amsterdam for Do iOS 2025 , tickets and details avail...

Send me a text Easter weekend, so I was offline a lot the last four days. Including my regular recording evening. Sometimes personal life takes priority. But just a day later we should be good with a quick recording. Six articles this week which I think you should read. Exporting data from Unified Logging System in Swift Transitions in SwiftUI Unit Testing and UI Testing in Swift The Hidden Costs...

Send me a text Awesome space on Swift Heroes with Adam , Amos , Martin , Stefan and me . I am still figuring out who the other speakers during the space were, I will update these note. Some of the conferences we mentioned: Swift Heroes iOSDevUK App Builders Appdevcon SwiftConf Swift Leeds Check all of these. It is great to meet again in person. Join me in Amsterdam for Do iOS 2025 , tickets and de...

Send me a text I have been late publishing my regular episide. I am making it up by having a whole bunch of extra content. Also, lots of info on some cool conferences you should have a look at. Swift Heroes Swift Heroes Secondary Skills as as Developer slides Articles Building Things and Raising Children Swift Type placeholder: What is it and when to use it Logging in Swift SwiftUI Adaptive Stack...

Send me a text This Twitter Space Stefan and I share some thoughts on what options you have in storing data on a device and in the cloud on/from iOS. 1. What is the goal of this space? We won’t give you exact recommendations, storage is highly dependent on maaaany factors! Type of data to be stored (e.g. Booleans, Strings, Images, Large objects) Volume of data to be stored (e.g. settings options,...

Send me a text Meet Rudrank. He's a developer relations engineer. He is an Apple WWDC Scholarship Winner in 2019 and had an internship with Apple in 2020. You could say he has done a lot of things in a short time. Learn more about Rudrank on his website: https://rudrank.blog/ You can also follow him on Twitter: @rudrankriyam Join me in Amsterdam for Do iOS 2025 , tickets and details available...

Send me a text Just a quick rundown of articles I noticed this week. Getting ready for Swift Heroes in the meantime. Hope to see you there. Consistent Swift style in Xcode with SwiftLint | Software Development Notes Swift.org - Introducing Swift Async Algorithms Working with diffable data sources and table views using UIKit - The. Swift. Dev. Getting started with CloudKit | Swift with Majid Gettin...

Send me a text Jonny has been developing iOS apps for over 8 year. Since 2019 it is at Nike as a Senior Software Engineer. Listen in on Jonny’s journey and what he wants to give back to the iOS development community. You can find more info on Jonny on: Twitter LinkedIN His webite Join me in Amsterdam for Do iOS 2025 , tickets and details available now. Lead Software Developer   Learn best pra...

Send me a text The Swift ecosystem is maturing every month. And with the latest releases by Apple containing Swift 5.6 is a big one in this regard. But mostly this week I am talking about stuff I enjoyed. Fetching Remote Data With Async/Await In Recent And Older System Versions How to modularize existing iOS projects using Swift Package https://tuist.io/ Swift.org Website is Now Open Source Swift...

Send me a text Apple recently released Xcode 13.3 and Swift 5.6. In this Twitter Space Stefan and I discus the latest releases with Adam . https://www.hackingwithswift.com/articles/247/whats-new-in-swift-5-6 https://developer.apple.com/documentation/xcode-release-notes/xcode-13_3-release-notes https://www.createwithswift.com/publishing-docc-documention-as-a-static-website-on-github-pages/ https://...

Send me a text Frank does many things. Organize meetups, present at conferences, coach and teach through https://ioscoachfrank.com/ and more recently https://schoolofswift.com/ . You might see  him at a conference or two in 2022. Frank and I met at iOS Conf SG . Learn more about Frank on: Twitter LinkedIn Some of the tools we discussed: Matter Reeder 5 Obsidian Join me in Amsterdam for Do iOS 2025...

Send me a text Fun times this week. Workshop hardware trouble, kids with illness, and Swift Heroes announced their first speakers on their line-up. How to use async/await in synchronous Swift code with tasks | iOS development on tanaschita.com Using the LocationButton in SwiftUI for One Time Location Access State restoration in SwiftUI | Swift with Majid Mixing Swift, Objective-C, SPM and Static F...