Issue 188
Oct 10, 2023

Whenever there’s a major release of SF Symbols, I’d like to remind us of the old days: you had to search the whole web for every symbol and ensure you had proper copyrights. It’s amazing to see SF Symbols 5 arriving with 700 new symbols and enhanced support for custom symbols.

It’s a framework I love to explore since it contains hidden gems: Swift Algorithms. In this article, Danijela Vrzan takes you through one of those gems: chunking data.

Gradually migrating to SwiftData can become easier by benefiting from the insights shared by Pol Piella in this article. Since SwiftData runs on the main thread exclusively, you might even want to consider it temporarily for iOS 17 projects.

This tip by Dominik Hauser has easily replaced my previous favorite Xcode Shortcut (⌃⌥⌘G)

You might have noticed a difference when using p or po in the latest Xcode debugger console. It’s the result of debugging improvements that made it into Swift 5.9 & Xcode 15.

The initial release of a major Xcode update is often full of new features but also one that lacks proper fixes for specific bugs. I always look forward to .1 releases as they become more stable. In this case, it’s a fix for Unit/UI tests that I’ve been waiting for and that you probably want to benefit from.

Last month, I performed a lightning talk on Swift Macros at NSSpain, for which the recording is now available. Do you prefer to read about Macros instead? I’ve got you covered.