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. Follow us on Twitter at @swiftovercoffee. Note: all the discussion from Mikaela and Paul is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. Our regular intro/outro music is also licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0, and is called ...
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In this episode: We discuss Apple's worldwide catch up events for WWDC, discuss how we stay up to date with new Swift features in old projects, and share the APIs and features you're most looking forward to adopting in iOS 18. WWDC Catch up Events: https://developer.apple.com/events/ Microsoft blames the EU for CloudStrike downtime: https://mash…
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In this episode: We discuss Apple's developer academies, share our advice for becoming a fully independent developer, and on Swift's 10th anniversary share your stories of how Swift impacted your lives: Hacking with Swift WWDC24 sale: https://www.hackingwithswift.com/offers Mikaela’s Keyboard: https://zsa.io New Apple forums: https://forums.develop…
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S3E14: An archaeological trove of Mikaela
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In this episode: We discuss Apple's newest accessibility features coming in iOS 18, share our tips for working with difficult colleagues and clients, and read your replies to our open ballot: is Swift Evolution working? Apple’s new accessibility features in iOS 18: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2024/05/apple-announces-new-accessibility-features-in…
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In this episode: We talk about the community events taking place alongside WWDC24, discuss what we're hoping to see change in Apple's APIs this year, and share your tips for getting apps ready for iOS 18. One More Thing conference: https://omt-conf.com/ Sponsoring iOS Dev Happy Hour: https://sponsorships.iosdevhappyhour.com Deep Dish Swift: https:/…
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In this episode: We start to get excited about WWDC24, talk about the pros and cons of pair programming, and share your views on how to make apps more accessible. try! Swift Tokyo: https://tryswift.jp/_en Ignite: http://github.com/twostraws/Ignite Vision Pro Dev Camp - https://visiondevcamp.org A Beginner’s Guide to Apple Vision Pro, Women Who …
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In this episode: We discuss why it's so important to attend conferences and other meetups, share the best moments from your careers, and play an all-new game: guess how many credit cards Mikaela has? - Exploring Mars from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at NASA: https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/exploring-mars/id6475634958 - Paul's iOS Simulator tip: htt…
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In this episode: Swift 5.10 is here, we share our tips on mentoring and being mentored, and try out your Vision Pro apps. - Apple Vision Pro is here: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2024/02/apple-vision-pro-arrives-in-apple-store-locations-across-the-us/ - Email to Apple developers from Susan Prescott: https://x.com/twostraws/status/1753526820811452…
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In this episode: Apple's Vision Pro is almost here and we couldn't be more excited, we share our tips for building a great app portfolio, and discuss your answers to the open ballot: where do you find app inspiration? - Vision Pro is available to pre-order: https://www.apple.com/apple-vision-pro - Slopes: https://getslopes.com - Despair, Inc Demoti…
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In this episode: We reveal the best way to use your Apple developer subscription, discuss our experience of using AI to build software, and share your tips on the best ways to approach debugging. Merry Christmas, folks! - Everyone gets 25 hours of free Xcode Cloud: https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=ik9z4ll6 - How to submit a request to Apple's D…
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In this episode: We review Hacktoberfest and make plans for our future indie projects, share our thoughts on what makes great app architecture, and read out your tips on what's the most useful skill for a developer to have that isn't coding itself. - Packages on Swift.org: https://www.swift.org/packages/showcase.html - Apple's use of Swift and Swif…
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In this episode: We discuss the value of building a side project you love, chat about Apple's latest Vision Pro sample code, and share your views on our open ballot: should we use Swift everywhere, or learn different languages? - xkcd Ten Thousand: https://xkcd.com/1053/ - Swift Splash: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/visionos/swift-splas…
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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…
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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/…
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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…
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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/v…
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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 …
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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…
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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…
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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 …
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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/027…
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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: Creat…
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S1E22: Why does Sean hate SwiftUI so much?
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In this episode: Sean's beard is staying in San Francisco, the NeXT era is ending, we discuss SwiftUI's forms system, and explore the many amazing new features from WWDC19.- The NeXT Era Ends, the Swift Era Begins: https://inessential.com/2019/06/07/the_next_era_ends_the_swift_era_begins- WWDC 2019 Session Notes: https://github.com/Blackjacx/WWDC- …
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In this special episode we’re joined by our friends Kristina Fox, JP Simard, Gui Rambo, and Kaya Thomas as we discuss everything new from WWDC19. Strap yourselves in – this is a long one!- News: what *isn’t* news this week? We dive into dark mode, Xcode 11, ARKit, RealityKit, Vision OCR, and more.- Focus on Swift 5.1: how opaque return types, funct…
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In this episode: the Apple Developer Academy is open for another year, iOS Dev Jobs launches, we reveal why "Spectre" has British spelling, and ponder what Apple might announce at WWDC19.- Swift over Coffee Live is happening at AltConf 2019! Tickets are free thanks to MacStadium and AltConf, but you need to register for one here: ti.to/altconf/Swif…
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In this episode: Swift hits the front-end of the web, Marzipan creeps closer, Paul talks about the importance of data hiding in Swift 5.1, and we discuss what makes for great code review.- Swift over Coffee Live is happening at AltConf 2019! Tickets are free thanks to MacStadium and AltConf, but you need to register for one here: https://ti.to/altc…
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In this episode: Swift 5.1 gathers strength, Realm gets swallowed up by MongoDB, Sean discovers SwiftLint, and we discuss whether Apple Arcade will be good for the indie game development community.- SE-0255 Implicit returns from single-expression functions: https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0255-omit-return.md - SE-0259…
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In this episode: lots of new Swift Evolution proposals are in review, we discuss *that* TechCrunch article, dive into server-side Swift, and try to figure out how to pronounce “Herbert”.- Swift 5 Officially Released: https://swift.org/blog/swift-5-released/- SE-0246 Generic Math Functions: https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/propos…
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In this episode: the Swift style guide marches on to formal review, we pick out our favorite events at iOSCon, and discuss whether it's important for iOS developers to be skilled in more than one platform.- WWDC ticket winners – who got lucky? (Spoiler: it was Paul.) (And not Sean.)- SE-0250: Swift Code Style Guidelines and Formatter – https://gith…
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In this episode: WWDC is announced at last, memberwise initializers get better in Swift 5.1, we vent about getting lost in side projects, and discuss Marzipan.- WWDC dates announced: https://developer.apple.com/wwdc19- SE-0242: Synthesize default values for the memberwise initializer – https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/…
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In this episode: the first sighting of Swift 5.1, a Swift style guide is on the cards, we talk about toast (the user interface kind!), and look for where there’s still money to be made on the App Store.- Swift 5.1 Release Process: https://swift.org/blog/5-1-release-process/- Pitch for Official Swift Style Guide: https://forums.swift.org/t/pitch-an-…
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In this episode: Swift 5 nears ABI stability, Swift adoption in apps is skyrocketing, we make all our unit tests pass, and discuss how we'd change Swift.- Swift 5 ABI Stability and Evolving Swift on Apple Platforms: https://swift.org/blog/abi-stability-and-apple/- How many apps use Swift in 2019?https://blog.andrewmadsen.com/post/182862756395/how-m…
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In this episode: Xcode ships with a Swift 5 beta, Apple smacks down Facebook and Google, we discuss the value of design, and talk about important knowledge for iOS developers.- Xcode 10.2 includes an early Swift 5 version: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/xcode_release_notes/xcode_10_2_beta_release_notes- Apple revokes certificates from Go…
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In this episode: we examine the need for manager objects, look at Swift Package Manager’s rise in popularity, discuss the usefulness of ARKit, and - brace yourself - talk extensively about strings.- The trouble with manager objects: https://sandofsky.com/blog/manager-classes.html - It’s time to use Swift Package Manager: http://artsy.github.io/blog…
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In this episode: Swift 5 string interpolation gets its first real project, iOS 12 adoption flies ahead, we delve into the (apparently) ancient history of iOS development, and talk about Christmas. Er, WWDC.- Menu bars on iOS: https://codea.io/blog/the-ios-menu/- Templates using string interpolation: https://github.com/ilyapuchka/Interplate- iOS 12 …
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In this episode: Codable conformance for Range types, string interpolation in Swift 5.0, Paul and Sean discuss their work over 2018 and plans for 2019, and we ask: what would you change about Xcode?- SE-0235: Add Result to the Standard Library – https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0235-add-result.md - SE-0239: Add Codable…
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In this episode: Result comes to the standard library, the App Store is going down for Christmas, Paul replaces Reachability at last, and we discuss how best to contribute to the community.- Sean's book, It's Only Crazy Until You Do It: https://gumroad.com/l/sean-allen-origin- SE-0235, Add Result to the Standard Library: https://github.com/apple/sw…
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In this episode: community news galore, more great features from Swift 5.0, coding tips from the 80s, plus our open ballot: what’s your favorite part of writing iOS apps with Swift?- Swift 5.0 has been branched: https://swift.org/blog/5-0-release-process/- SE-0231, optional iteration, has been rejected: https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob…
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In this episode: Swift's strings are now stored as UTF-8, Sherlock lets you poke around in iOS layouts, Paul talks about mocking networking more easily, and we talk about whether surprise and delight in user interfaces is important.- Testing Swift: https://www.hackingwithswift.com/store/testing-swift- String's ABI and UTF-8: https://forums.swift.or…
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In this episode: flattening nested optionals is accepted as optional iteration is being reviewed, Apple works on a project to support the language server protocol, Sean talks about Airbnb's Lottie framework, and we discuss the importance of good testing.- SE-0230: Flatten nested optionals resulting from 'try?' – https://github.com/apple/swift-evolu…
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In this episode: iOS 12.0 is picking up speed while 12.1 is already on the way, we dive into DispatchGroup and font metrics, and talk about the many challenges of learning and implementing the latest Swift features.- Add your nominations to the Swift Community Awards: https://www.hackingwithswift.com/awards- iOS 12 adoption is already past 50%: htt…
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In this episode: Swift 4.2 lands as Swift 5.0 starts to inch closer, Apple gives TestFlight links to the world, we watch Phil Schiller's infamous Jump video for the hundredth time, and Sean admires the sheer mathematical beauty of Bézier curves.- Swift 4.2 is out! - Swift 5.0 release plan: https://swift.org/blog/5-0-release-process/- Public Test Fl…
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In this episode: it's iOS conference season, new devices from Apple, the first tips for Swift 5, and we look at what makes a great job interview for Swift developers.- iOSDevUK (https://www.iosdevuk.com), Swift & Fika (http://www.swiftandfika.com), and NSSpain (https://2018.nsspain.com).- Optional binding for self: https://github.com/apple/swift-ev…
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In this episode: raw strings are back in review, Dynamic Type is more popular than you realize, and we look at ways to fix massive view controllers.- Raw strings: https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0200-raw-string-escaping.md- xkcd backslashes: https://xkcd.com/1638- 40% of users use Dynamic Type: https://twitter.com/bro…
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