Swift over Coffee

Swift over Coffee

By Paul Hudson and Mikaela CaronTechnology
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Swift over Coffee episodes

  • S3E5: The tastiest peach

    In this episode: It's a job interview special, packed with our tips for preparing for interviews so you can really excel, followed by our listeners' tips so you can do the best on the day.

    - Shared passwords: https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/share-passwords-iphe6b2b7043/ios

    - iOS Dev Weekly: https://iosdevweekly.com/

    - Swift Coding Challenges: https://www.hackingwithswift.com/store/swift-coding-challenges

    - The Ultimate Portfolio App: https://www.hackingwithswift.com/plus/ultimate-portfolio-app


    43 min
  • S3E4: They took a side quest

    In this episode: Vision Pro labs, the worst code we've ever written, and we discuss your answers to our open ballot: do developers also need to be designers?

    • Vision Pro labs: https://developer.apple.com/visionos/labs/
    • List of APIs that require declared reasons: https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=z6fu1dcu
    • Lux apps: https://www.lux.camera/
    • 40 min
    • S3E3: Mikaela over Coffee

      In this episode: we discuss the earliest iPhone apps, share our tips for contributing to the community, and discuss your answers to our open ballot: should new developers learn UIKit, or is SwiftUI enough?

      • The original 500 App Store apps and games from 11 July 2008: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1EpEm01wn18K1Nh_xDU8jZYwRfL9f6KkYUMjJvUPZpc4/edit#gid=0
      • Mikaela's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@MikaelaCaron
      • Mikaela's website: http://mikaelacaron.com
      • Mikaela on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikaela__caron
      • Mikaela on Mastodon: https://swiftdevs.space/@mikaelacaron
      • Mikaela on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@mikaelacaron
      • Mikaela on OnlyFans: https://tinyurl.com/mikaelaonlyfans

      • 40 min
      • S3E2: File feedback, goodbye

        In this episode: we discuss Apple's big SwiftData announcement, our plans for building visionOS apps, and what's missing from SwiftUI after WWDC23.

        • WWDC Notes: https://www.wwdcnotes.com/
        • James Dempsey and the Breakpoints: https://livenearwwdc.com/
        • SwiftData: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/swiftdata
        • visionOS: https://developer.apple.com/visionos/
        • Vision Pro from a Developer's Perspective: https://youtu.be/n8-wTpiuZwE
        • 36 min
        • S3E1: People want to get together

          In this episode: we discuss Apple's incredible new accessibility features, ask how you can keep learning and growing in your career, and share your wish lists for WWDC23.

          • iOS Dev Happy Hour links: https://links.iosdevhappyhour.com
          • Apple introduces new features for cognitive accessibility, along with Live Speech, Personal Voice, and Point and Speak in Magnifier: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2023/05/apple-previews-live-speech-personal-voice-and-more-new-accessibility-features/
          • Arnold's Pump Club podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/arnolds-pump-club/id1680075779
          • Deep Dish Swift: https://deepdishswift.com
          • Deep dish pizza: https://twitter.com/twostraws/status/1653069375828553730
          • Soroush Khanlou, MVVM is Not Very Good: https://khanlou.com/2015/12/mvvm-is-not-very-good
          • WWDC23: https://developer.apple.com/wwdc23

          • 57 min
          • S2E5: Merry Dubmas, Everyone!

            In this episode: we celebrate Swiftmas and Dubmas all together, plus talk about remote conferences, tuple conformance, Mint, WWDC wishlists, and more.

            Swift Package Index: http://swiftpackageindex.com 

            Swift AWS Lambda runtime: https://swift.org/blog/aws-lambda-runtime

            Adding CI support to SPM packages: https://github.com/brightdigit/EggSeed

            SE-0283: Tuples Conform to Equatable, Comparable, and Hashable – https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0283-tuples-are-equatable-comparable-hashable.md

            SE-0270: Add Collection Operations on Noncontiguous Elements: https://github.com/apple/swift-se0270-range-set/

            Paul’s pick: WWDC 2020 Student Challenge Submissions: https://wwdc.github.io/2020/

            Erica’s pick: Mint from Yonas Kolb and GUI Rambo’s WWDC app: https://github.com/insidegui/WWDC 

            WWDC wishlists


            1 hr 31 min
          • S2E4: Erica vs the World

            In this episode: WWDC goes WFH, Swift gets some inspiration from JavaScript, and we review your awesome Breathe app submissions.

            • WWDC is online: https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=03132020a
            • Swift Argument Parser: https://github.com/apple/swift-argument-parser
            • SE-0279 Multiple Trailing Closures: https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0279-multiple-trailing-closures.md
            • Push notifications may now be user for advertising (with consent)
            • Paul’s pick: Table, by Shawn Baek – https://github.com/ShawnBaek/Table
            • Erica’s pick: Slideas – https://www.slideas.app/
            • Challenge: Recreate the Breathe app animation from watchOS – https://github.com/twostraws/SwiftOverCoffee

            • 33 min
            • S2E3: Sim See Tee Ell

              In this episode: Erica learns to pronounce things the Paul way, we're blown away by how good Swift 5.2's error messages are, and discuss listener views on the future of Swift.

              • Control Room: https://github.com/twostraws/ControlRoom
              • iOS Dev Survey: https://iosdevsurvey.com/
              • Swift Playgrounds for macOS: https://www.apple.com/uk/swift/playgrounds/
              • New diagnostics in Swift 5.2: https://swift.org/blog/new-diagnostic-arch-overview/
              • Paul's first pick: CocoaHub – https://cocoahub.app
              • Paul's second pick: Brisk – https://github.com/twostraws/Brisk
              • Erica's pick: Joe Groff's Twitter feed – https://twitter.com/jckarter
              • Open ballot: Apart from async/await, what new feature do you most want to see in Swift 6?
              • 41 min
              • S2E2: Proing the heck out of that bono

                In this episode: on the road to Swift 6, handling key presses in iOS, and whether to build an app or a website.

                • Xcode 11.4 beta: https://developer.apple.com/download/
                • On the Road to Swift 6: https://forums.swift.org/t/on-the-road-to-swift-6/32862
                • SE-0276 Multi-Pattern Catch Clauses: https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0276-multi-pattern-catch-clauses.md
                • SE-0269: Increase availability of implicit self in @escaping closures when reference cycles are unlikely to occur – https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0269-implicit-self-explicit-capture.md
                • SE-0110: Distinguish between single-tuple and multiple-argument function types – https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0110-distingish-single-tuple-arg.md
                • SwiftCrypto: https://github.com/apple/swift-crypto
                • Paul's Pick: pressesBegan() - https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/uiresponder/1621134-pressesbegan
                • Erica's Pick: SE-0274 – Concise magic file names – https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0274-magic-file.md
                • Open ballot: When should an app idea be an app, and when should it be a website instead?
                • 41 min
                • S2E1: Have your State and eat it

                  In this episode: Swift 5.2 snapshots are available for download, Paul enjoys some property wrappers, and we dream about what SwiftUI 2.0 might bring.

                  • App Updates for HTML5 Apps: https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=01212020a
                  • Swift 5.2 snapshots now available: https://swift.org/download
                  • Swift for Good: https://www.swiftforgood.com
                  • Paul's pick: Creating a property wrapper to give us SwiftUI's environment in UIKit.
                  • Erica's pick: SE-0253 – https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0253-callable.md
                  • Open ballot: If you could change one thing about SwiftUI, what would it be?
                  • 40 min

                  About Swift over Coffee

                  From the publisher's feed

                  Swift over Coffee is a podcast that helps you keep your Swift skills up to date the easy way, hosted by Paul Hudson and Mikaela Caron. In each episode we chat about the latest developments in the Swift community, and also host an open ballot where you can share your views on important topics.