Prompted by a Fireside Swift episode on SOLID principles and the arrival of Core Data in the 100 Days of SwiftUI course, I reflect on when architecture should enter an iOS developer’s toolkit. Drawing on a long-standing habit of wrapping external dependencies for easy replacement, I conclude that scalable code suits real apps but not learning—which is likely why Paul Hudson defers architecture until later in the course...
Impressions of a free compilation video from Sean Allen’s SwiftUI fundamentals course, which I find strong on explaining child views and layout stacks but note assumes existing Swift language knowledge. The later lessons on passing values into views speak to my own confusion about SwiftUI app structure and how views get redrawn, making the paid course tempting despite my already juggling several other learning resources...
