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John automates the deployment of his website, which just celebrated its third birthday (or is it “anniversary”?), Rambo is about to launch a new app, and the two go on a deep dive into the iOS 13.5 beta and Apple + Google’s “Exposure notification” system for tracking the spread of COVID-19.

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Links

• The Publish DeploymentMethod API
• Apple updates the 13-inch MacBook Pro
• Apple and Google’s COVID-19 tracing system

John and Rambo return to the topic of app architecture, this time to discuss how to build scalable code bases using the MVC design pattern, and also talk about what Apple’s pro-level apps (including Xcode) might look like if ported to the iPad.

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Links

• John’s new video about Controllers in MVC
• Hypervisor
• Parker Ortolani’s “Xcode for iPad” concept
• Git’s bisect feature

John writes Javascript encryption code and reviews Apple’s new Magic Keyboard for the iPad Pro, Rambo reveals an exclusive new AirBuddy feature coming in version 2.0, and the two talk about the new iPhone SE, Apple’s upcoming remote accessibility event, and much more.

Links

• Cloudflare workers
• Web Crypto
• Wat
• Publish
• AirBuddy
• Reinstalling macOS using Internet Recovery
• The new iPhone SE
• Apple’s accessibility event invitation
• The iPad Pro Magic Keyboard

John and Rambo speculate about why HomePod is now running tvOS, talk about SwiftUI view architecture and previews, and go on a deep-dive into Bluetooth Low Energy and how Rambo ported AirBuddy to the Raspberry Pi.

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Gui on Twitter: @_inside

John on Twitter: @johnsundell

Links

John’s Swift tips

A guide to the SwiftUI layout system

Synalyze It! Pro

Reverse engineering the Nintendo 64 DRM

HomePod runs tvOS

Apple and Google’s COVID-19 contact tracing effort

Little America

Final Fantasy VII Remake

Sketch

Formatter for Mac

TextMate

BBEdit

Reveal

Sherlock

Visual Studio Code

GitX

Zeplin

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John and Rambo take a spontaneous deep-dive into XPC and the pros and cons of using it to modularize a Mac app. Also, what can be learned from looking at old code, comments on the latest Apple rumors, and designing a delicious dinner.

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Hosts:

Gui on Twitter: @_inside

John on Twitter: @johnsundell

Links

The episode with Casey Liss

Verbal Pumpkin

Indie Support Weeks

Litur

Formatter

Coxinhas

Swedish meatballs

Tiramisu

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Deciding when to rewrite a piece of code, what makes Combine such a great way to do reactive programming in Swift, and the final part of our indie app development special series. Also, tips for coding beginners, Indie Support Weeks, and much more.

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Hosts:

Gui on Twitter: @_inside

John on Twitter: @johnsundell

Guests:

Kaya Thomas

Casey Liss

Christian Selig

Jordan Morgan

Links

ObservableObject

Inline wrapping of UIKit or AppKit views within SwiftUI

John’s April Fools’ joke

Indie Support Weeks

Endless Paper

Adaptivity

John’s new Swift Clip video

David Smith’s apps

PlayStation Share Play

Swift by Sundell Basics

Hacking with Swift

Swift Playgrounds

Stanford iOS course

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The indie app development special series continues, this week focused on business models and marketing, and again featuring tips and advice from a group of amazing guests. Also, adding cursor support to an iPad app, lots of game recommendations, our most embarrassing bugs, and... ARM Macs confirmed?

Sponsored by Setapp: Try Setapp with over 170+ Mac apps completely free for the first week.

Hosts:

Gui on Twitter: @_inside

John on Twitter: @johnsundell

Guests:

Christian Selig

Curtis Herbert

Casey Liss

Heidi Helen

Links

GameKit’s voice chat API

John’s code-along guide to the SwiftUI layout system

Indie Support Weeks

Implementing mouse pointer interactions on iPad

Episode with Riley Testut

Apollo for Reddit

Slopes

Vignette

Peek-a-View

Curtis’s blog post about in-app purchases

Capsicum

When Did I…?

Our game recommendations:

Spyder

Super Mario Maker 2

Pipe Push Paradise

A Good Snowman is Hard to Build

The Talos Principle

The Witness

Stephen’s Sausage Roll

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The new iPad Pro, native mouse pointer support in iPadOS, tips on working from home, app architecture and system design, picking the right technologies and dependencies for a project, and top tips on indie app development from Kaya Thomas, Casey Liss and Curtis Herbert. It’s the longest, most action-packed episode of Stacktrace that we have ever made!

Sponsored by Setapp: Try Setapp with over 170+ Mac apps completely free for the first week.

Hosts:

Gui on Twitter: @_inside

John on Twitter: @johnsundell

Guests:

Kaya Thomas

Curtis Herbert

Casey Liss

Links

iA Writer

WWDC by Sundell

John’s article about working remotely

Running Xcode and the iOS simulator fullscreen

iOS Architecture Generator

Rambo’s architecture article

Child view controllers

Parse

Swift by Sundell episode about building MVPs

We Read Too

Slopes

Vignette

Peek-a-View

New iPad Pro + keyboard announcement

New MacBook Air announcement

Our TV show recommendations

Locke & Key

Devs

Ex Machina

Truth be Told

Star Trek: Picard

Better Call Saul

Rambo’s favorite Plot file

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Welcome to the first episode in a new mini-series about indie app development, featuring special guests from around the community! Besides your regular updates on the world of Apple (this time with a huge number of leaks and info about iOS 14 and new products), and what John and Rambo are up to, you’ll get to hear how three indie developers come up with ideas and organize the pre-production around their apps.

Sponsored by Setapp: Try Setapp with over 170+ Mac apps completely free for the first week.

Hosts:

Gui on Twitter: @_inside

John on Twitter: @johnsundell

Guests:

Casey Liss

Christian Selig

Jordan Morgan

Links

New iOS 14 and Apple product leaks

Over-ear headphones

Guided workout videos

New iMessage features

New hardware

New dedicated AR app

Dance Dance Revolution

MultipeerKit

Rambo’s AR article on WWDC by Sundell

Apollo for Reddit

Vignette

Peek-a-View

Spend Stack

Rambo’s Overcast menu bar app

Publish

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Websites hosted entirely on CDN, the flexibility of modern web development, how Rambo replicated the Apple Watch Breathe animation using SwiftUI, the power and potential of command line interfaces for iOS apps, and much more.

Hosts:

Gui on Twitter: @_inside

John on Twitter: @johnsundell

Links

Rambo’s Publish plugins:

For embedding tweets

For adding dark mode-specific images

Cloudflare Workers KV

Rambo’s replica of the Apple Watch Breathe animation

MultipeerKit

Codable

How Crash Bandicoot Hacked The Original Playstation

CloudKit 101