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Using the #require macro for Swift Testing

Swift Testing is Apple's modern replacement library for XCTest and introduces new macros like #require. We've covered the #expect macro ...
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Vapor and Swift Testing: Running tests in parallel

Swift on the Server and Vapor go hand in hand, but using Swift Testing can be challenging initially. Tests run ...
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Security-scoped bookmarks for URL access

Security-scoped bookmarks allow you to store access to a given user-selected URL. They are commonly used on macOS to store ...
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Security-scoped bookmarks for URL access

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JSON Parsing in Swift explained with code examples

JSON parsing in Swift is a common thing to do. Almost every app decodes JSON to show data in a ...
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Typed throws in Swift explained with code examples

Typed throws are new since Xcode 16 and allow you to define the type of error a method throws. Instead ...
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@Entry macro: Creating custom environment values in SwiftUI

The @Entry macro in SwiftUI allows you to define custom environment values without writing boilerplate code. While introduced in Xcode ...
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Memory consumption when loading UIImage from disk

Memory consumption can quickly increase if you load many images from the disk using UIImage. You'll generally load images from ...
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Why macOS Development is Perfect for Indie Developers

Building apps for macOS offers developers a fantastic opportunity to expand their skills, create useful utilities to solve their problems, ...
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Build Apps Faster using RocketSim

Recommend by Apple as an “Essential Tool for Developers”, RocketSim helps thousands of engineers to save hours per week. Discover these articles and learn how you can leverage RocketSim to improve your workflow:

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Combine all the things

@Published risks and usage explained with code examples

@Published is one of the property wrappers in SwiftUI that allows us to trigger a view redraw whenever changes occur ...
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RunLoop.main vs DispatchQueue.main: The differences explained

RunLoop.main and DispatchQueue.main are often used as schedulers within Combine. During code reviews, I often encounter inconsistency in using one ...
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PassthroughSubject vs. CurrentValueSubject explained

PassthroughSubject and CurrentValueSubject are two types from the Combine framework that conforms to the Subject protocol. Both are very similar ...
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Dive into Core Data

How to observe NSManagedObject changes in Core Data using Combine

Observing changes in Core Data NSManagedObject instances with Combine publishers can be a great solution to keep your user interface ...
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Data validation on insertion, update, and deletion in Core Data

Data validation in apps is important to make sure we save data conforming to the business rules. A name should ...
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Derived Attributes to improve Core Data Fetch Performance

Derived attributes are available since iOS 13 and aim to improve fetch performance in many different scenarios. Although we have ...
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Be an expert on Xcode

Inspect network traffic using the Xcode Simulator

Inspecting network traffic is an essential skill for app developers. Several tools allow you to monitor requests going in and ...
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Xcode Build Insights: Keep track of project compilation times

Xcode Build Insights lets you keep track of compilation times to ensure your project doesn't suddenly become slow to build ...
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Solve Missing API declaration using required reason (ITMS-91053)

Apps submitted to the App Store must define API declarations using the required reasons. Apps that don't will be rejected ...
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Get better at debugging

Memory consumption when loading UIImage from disk

Memory consumption can quickly increase if you load many images from the disk using UIImage. You'll generally load images from ...
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Debugging SwiftUI views: what caused that change?

Debugging SwiftUI views is an essential skill when writing dynamic views with several redrawing triggers. Property wrappers like @State and ...
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OSLog and Unified logging as recommended by Apple

OSLog is a replacement for print, and NSLog and Apple's recommended way of logging. It has different logging levels, like ...
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Improve your workflow

Designing Apps: 5 Methods to improve your workflow

Designing apps can be challenging if you don't have a design background. Many of you who read my blog are ...
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Test-Driven Development (TDD) for bug fixes in Swift

Test-driven development (TDD) is a technique that requires you first to write a failing test before you start implementing a ...
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Third-party libraries acknowledgments using a Settings bundle

Third-party libraries help developers build apps faster but often come with a license. The MIT license is likely the most ...
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Optimize yourself and improve

App onboarding funnel optimization to increase conversions

An app onboarding can be seen as a funnel full of steps toward the key action of your application. A ...
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App design: 5 benefits of using system components

Building custom elements and ignoring the sometimes boring system components during app design can be appealing. However, these boring elements ...
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ChatGPT for Swift: Top 5 code generation prompts

Using ChatGPT for Swift code generation can drastically increase your productivity. While I'm uncertain whether AI will take over our ...
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