Some nice background on how/why things went all reactive on us.
Tag: reactive
The Elm Architecture
I’ve been trying to understand the Elm Architecture for a new iOS project. I kept reading over this article and thinking, “Wait a minute…. What’s the catch here? This seems too simple.” 🧐
👉 The Elm Architecture: Simple, yet powerful – An overview by example
I like that this architecture can be explained in a very short post with examples.
The beauty of The Elm Architecture lies in its simplicity.
That article is simple but assumes a web UI and explicit mentions HTML 🙄. Here is a funnier and more useful article about Elm for iOS. 😂
👉 Elm architecture in iOS: Why you don’t need shit like RxSwift or MVVM
Elm architecture can be described as follows
msg -> Model -> View -> msg
I even made my own diagram just to make sure I “got” it. The devil is in the details, but I think this is right. 🤷🏻♂️ It definitely seems simpler than VIPER.

Combine Basics
Looking for a quick, practical, just-the-basics introduction to Apple’s functional reactive Combine framework? Here ya go, compliments of the always solid Swift by Sundell.
This tutorial, found via iOS Dev Weekly, takes all of 20 minutes to get through, and then magically Combine starts to make a little sense. 🤯
Next stop: The ultimate Combine framework tutorial in Swift.
Understanding, Profiling, and Debugging Combine
The latest iOS Dev Weekly had some great links to Combine resources.
This looks really useful as I get into Combine and reactive iOS programming.
👉Profiling and debugging your Combine code with Timelane

Also, this for, well, understanding Combine.
Thanks as always, iOS Dev Weekly!
Timelane
Free open source Xcode Instruments plugin for profiling reactive Swift code, wither RxSwift or Combine. How is this stuff free?!?
Timelane is a free app that bundles a custom Xcode Instrument and the frameworks to enable your code to talk to the Timelane instrument.
👉 Timelane: Visually profile your asynchronous code
Via iOS Dev Weekly.
