Here’s a nice straightforward, useful library that simplifies a problem all of us Swift developers face all the time: defaulting values when parsing JSON files.
DefaultCodable is a Swift µpackage that provides a convenient way to define default values in Codable types for properties that are not present or have a nil value.
This is one of those shortcuts in Xcode that saves a tiny amount of time but feels amazing. Via iOS Dev Weekly.
Lottie is a tool from AirBnB that “parses Adobe After Effects animations exported as json with Bodymovin and renders them natively on mobile and on the web!”. It works on iOS and other platforms. Cool.
That shalt not forget McKinney Falls as a great day hike around Austin.
Here are some really sensible and helpful guidelines for writing an API in Swift. This is from the Swift team itself, so they’re pretty much the experts on what works.
The focus is on clarity. Guidelines include “Clarity is more important than brevity”, “Include all the words needed to avoid ambiguity”, “Omit needless words”, “Stick to the established meaning”. Most of these could practically apply to real life. 🤷🏻♂️
But this one just sounds cool: “Take extra care with unconstrained polymorphism.” 🤯 (Always a solid idea.)
Note: much of this should be seen in practice in the Swift Standard Library.
Emojis make everything more fun, even debugging. (I also like to use emoji for variable names. 🤷🏻♂️).
Still needing to wrap my head around SwiftUI, I like the premise of this upcoming book.
A new book from the objc.io team that aims to explain how you’ll have to rethink view construction, updates, layout, and animations with SwiftUI.
iOS Dev Weekly
