With few current podcasts focused on learning Swift, I have been working through older episodes of shows like Fireside Swift and Swift Over Coffee, enjoying hearing past predictions such as Paul Hudson’s doubts about an iPad-capable Xcode. I compare the two seasons of Swift Over Coffee, finding co-host Sean Allen’s beginner questions more useful than the more expert pairing with Erica Sadun, despite her deep Swift knowledge...
I take a look at the Swift Over Coffee podcast, hosted by Paul Hudson and Erica Sadun, which covers Swift and iOS development news, weekly topics, and listener questions from Twitter. Despite running for only two seasons, in 2019 and 2020, it’s still worthwhile content for a beginning developer...
I take a look at SF Symbols in SwiftUI, starting with how Image(systemName:) renders a symbol in code. I cover Apple’s SF Symbols app, which provides over 4000 symbols that work with the San Francisco font and can be scaled and coloured, and show how searching and previewing symbols there helps me pick ones that support a consistent, recognisable interface...
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...
