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Issue 215
Apr 16, 2024

This week's SwiftLee Weekly covers:
  • Is TCA the new MVVM?
  • The risks of Actor reentrancy
  • Custom SwiftUI Shapes from SVGs
And much more. 

Enjoy this week's SwiftLee Weekly!

THIS WEEK'S BLOG POST
I remember trying out all kinds of third-party libraries back in the days of iOS 4. Visualizing data into charts was an absolute pain, let alone making it performant. It's amazing to be able to create Charts in SwiftUI using a declarative language today, and after playing around with it a lot lately, I decided to share my learnings for Bar Charts.

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SWIFTLEE GIVEAWAY
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CURATED FROM THE COMMUNITY
Notifications are essential for app retention, but how do you deeplink users into a specific app page using local notifications? Mecid helps out.
It’s only a single character case difference, and they both serve a similar purpose. Vincent Pradeilles explains what the differences are.
Actors still feel brand new, and this article by Donny Wals reminded me of it again. There’s still a lot to learn, and this time, it’s actor reentrancy that you should be aware of when working with actors.
You can use SVGs as assets for a while now, but I didn’t think about creating SwiftUI shapes from them! Pasquale Vittoriosi shares how it works.
It’s a classic to me: you’re stuck with an issue for hours, get back the next day, and solve it within 5 minutes. Overcoming programming obstacles is a key skill to own, and Paul Solt shares his best practices.

SWIFT EVOLUTION
An overview of last week's Swift Proposal state changes. Make sure to check them out when they're in review, as it's your opportunity to influence the direction of Swift's future.
Active ReviewSE-0434Usability of global-actor-isolated types
Active ReviewSE-0433Synchronous Mutual Exclusion Lock 🔒
Active ReviewSE-0432Borrowing and consuming pattern matching for noncopyable types