Empower Apps

Ben Scheirman of NSScreenCast comes on to talk about migrating apps such as a Nike's Sneakers app from UIKit to SwiftUI and all the little things you don't think about. This is part 1 of a 2 part interview.

Guest

• Ben Scheirman | Ben is an experienced software engineer from Houston, TX. Currently focused on Swift, iOS, Ruby, and Rust.
• Ben Scheirman (@[email protected]) - Mastodon
• subdigital (Ben Scheirman)
• NSScreencast: Bite-sized Screencasts for iOS Development
• Combine Swift

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Links

• Episode #288: Modern UIKit: Stack Navigation, Part 2
• pointfreeco/swift-perception: Observable tools, backported.
• brightdigit/Sublimation: Enable automatic discovery of your local development server on the fly. Turn your Server-Side Swift app from a mysterious vapor to a tangible solid server.
• krzysztofzablocki/LifetimeTracker: Find retain cycles / memory leaks sooner.
• siteline/swiftui-introspect: Introspect underlying UIKit/AppKit components from SwiftUI
• Presenting Coordinators - Soroush Khanlou on Vimeo

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• SOTU 2024 with Peter Witham
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• Mobile System Design with Tjeerd in 't Veen
• The Composable Architecture with Zev Eisenberg
• Behind the Scenes of SwiftUI with Aviel Gross
• WWDC 2022 - SwiftUI and UIKit with Evan Stone

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• (00:00) - Who is Ben Scherman

Daniel Steinberg comes in the podcast to talk about his latest book on Swift Testing as well as the state of Swift development in 2024.

Guest

• Dim Sum Thinking
• dimsumthinking (@[email protected]) - Mastodon
• Daniel Steinberg | LinkedIn

Announcements

• Come see me and Daniel at Server-Side Swift Conference. 26th-27th September 2024. London, UK
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Links

• The Case of the Crimson Test Suite
• The Case of the Vanishing Bodies
• The Curious Case of the Async Cafe
• Keynote: A Mathematician Muses about Macros, @Models, and ML - Daniel H Steinberg - SwiftCraft 2024 - YouTube

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• (00:00) - What is Swift Testing

Damian Mehers shares the story of his app Voice in a Can from inception to shutdown. We talk customer stories and the future of voice assistants.

Guest

• Damian Mehers’ blog | Swift, SwiftUI and .NET from Switzerland
• Damian Mehers (@[email protected]) - Fosstodon
• Damian Mehers (@DamianMehers) / X
• Damian Mehers - YouTube
• DamianMehers (Github)
• Damian Mehers | LinkedIn

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Links

• End of life for Voice in a Can
• Alexa Presentation Language
• ZX81 - Wikipedia

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• (00:00) - What is Voice in a Can?

I had a great time chatting with Chris Eidhof about his work with objc.io and his latest project, the SwiftUI Field Guide. We discussed SwiftUI's layout system and the exciting new features from WWDC 2024.

Guest

• Chris Eidhof
• Chris Eidhof (@[email protected]) - objc.io

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Links

• SwiftUI Field Guide
• objc.io
• Create custom visual effects with SwiftUI - WWDC24 - Videos - Apple Developer
• Marin Todorov - A 100% SwiftUI App | Swift Heroes 2023 talk - YouTube
• The Other VM App

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• How to Learn New APIs with Stewart Lynch - Part 1
• How to Learn New APIs with Stewart Lynch - Part 2

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"Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
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• (00:00) - Chris's Journey in iOS Development

I had great time chatting with Danielle Lewis about her experience becoming a Swift developer, learning to develop for the Vision Pro, and getting the Magical world of Objective-C.

Guest

• Danielle Lewis
• Danielle (@dlewisdev) / X
• Danielle Lewis - YouTube
• Danielle Lewis - DEV Community

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• PixelBlitz in Public with Martin Lasek | BrightDigit
• Spatial Experiences of the Wild with Adrian Eves | BrightDigit
• Objective-C Today with Graham Lee | BrightDigit

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• (00:00) - Getting into visionOS Development

I'm excited to have on the show Michigan's own Swift Student Challenge Distinguished Winner Dezmond Blair on to talk about everything from his learning and mentoring experience at the Apple Developer Academy to his experience at WWDC 2024.

Guest

• Dezmond Blair (@dezdoesiOS) / X
• Dezmond (Dez) Blair  | LinkedIn
• dezdoesit (Dezmond Blair) - GitHub
• dezdoesit/MTBXTREME: Swift Student Challenge - Distinguished Winner - Mountain Biking App I made so eveyone can experience MTB!

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• SOTU 2024 with Peter Witham
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• Now You Know What I'm Doing This Summer
• Spatial Experiences of the Wild with Adrian Eves
• Swift Playgrounds with Steve Lipton
• Apple Developer Academy with Sarah Gretter, PhD

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• (00:00) - Who is Dezmond Blair?

Cihat Gündüz comes on to talk about how his WWDC 2024 wish list went, Multilingual Apps, and more.

Guest

• Cihat Gündüz (@Jeehut) / X
• Cihat Gündüz (@[email protected]) - iOS Dev Space
• Cihat Gündüz (@jeehut) on Threads
• FlineDev

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Related Links

• BrightDigit #96 - From California to Keynotes: My WWDC 2024 Journey
• My Top 10 Wishes for WWDC24
• onScrollGeometryChange(for:of:action:) | Apple Developer Documentation
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• Swift Evolution Monthly | Cihat Gündüz | Substack
• Build multilingual-ready apps | Documentation
• Meet the Translation API | Documentation
• TranslateKit: App Localizer
• FreemiumKit | Documentation

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• (00:00) - WWDC In Person Thoughts

Peter comes on and we use our Apple Intelligence to speak about the greatness of the WWDC 2024 Platforms State of the Union.

Guest

• Peter Witham - Compileswift.com - Twitter

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• (00:00) - Privacy and User Control in AI

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Joe Fabisevich is back on the show to talk about his new app Plinky from developing and designing as well as advice on 💍 choosing your next spouse for better marketing advice. 💒📈

Guest

• Joe Fabisevich :verified: (@[email protected]) - Macaw-Social
• Github (@mergesort)
• https://www.threads.net/@mergesort
• fabisevi.ch
• Build.ms

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Related Links

• Plinky
• Plinky App Store
• Introducing Plinky: My Love Letter To Links
• mergesort/Boutique: ✨ A magical persistence library (and so much more) for state-driven iOS and Mac apps ✨
• Vapor
• Vapor Discord
• WishKit | In-App Feature Requests. Made Easy.
• EmailOctopus – Email marketing made easy
• Buttondown

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• (00:00) - What is Plinky?

After a major pandemic and 3 iOS releases later, Paul Hudson of Hacking with Swift comes on to talk about his new open-source project Ignite. Ignite is a static site builder for Swift developers, offering an expressive, powerful API to build beautiful websites that work great on all devices. We chat about his use Result Builders, the future of Macros, and what it takes to get started on your own open-source project or website.

Guest

• Paul Hudson (@twostraws) / X
• Paul Hudson - @twostraws (Github)
• Paul Hudson (@[email protected]) - Mastodon
• Hacking with Swift – learn to code iPhone and iPad apps with free Swift tutorials

Announcements

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Related Links

• twostraws/Ignite: A static site generator for Swift developers.
• twostraws/IgniteStarter: A starter template for the Ignite static site generator.
• IgniteSamples
• twostraws/Vortex: High-performance particle effects for SwiftUI.
• twostraws/Inferno: Metal shaders for SwiftUI.
• brightdigit/PackageDSL: Simplify the management of your Package.swift file with PackageDSL
• brightdigit/ContributeWordPress: Import your Wordpress site into Publish
• JohnSundell/Publish: A static site generator for Swift developers
• JohnSundell/Plot at createwithswift.com
• JohnSundell/Ink at createwithswift.com
• brightdigit/TransistorPublishPlugin: A Publish plugin that makes it easy to embed Transistor podcasts in your posts on any Publish website.
• brightdigit/NPMPublishPlugin: A Publish plugin that makes it easy to run npm commands for any Publish website.
• DougGregor/swift-macro-examples: Example macros for the Swift macros effort
• Swift AST Explorer
• joshdholtz/DeckUI: Swift DSL for writing slide decks in Xcode

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• (00:00) - What is Inferno