Issue 239
Oct 01, 2024

Codemagic is the first CI/CD to make Apple M2 machines available to everyone (including the free tier!). This is a free upgrade from M1 machines with no price change. Get started today.

While the conference has already sold out, you can still win a ticket through this month's giveaway! The conference takes place from 11 - 14 November (including a workshop day). I'll be giving a talk there, so I'd love to see you there.

Optimizing for both VoiceOver and Voice Control can be challenging. Bas found out and decided to share what he had learned.

Also, Bas is my old colleague from WeTransfer who is looking for a new challenge. If you can use an iOS accessibility expert, make sure to reach out.

One thing I love doing after a major release of Xcode is finding hidden GEMS: new improvements that aren’t immediately visible. Vincent Pradeilles did the same and found three that you definitely need to check out.

The new zoom transition is a popular improvement, looking at the conference talks this season. This article is a brief overview of how it works.

There are all kinds of extensions, Safari extensions being one of them. Unfortunately, there aren’t many resources to learn how to build these, so I was happy to see this article by Pol.

Ever wondered how I managed to grow my blog to over 140K visitors per month? In this interview, I share all the details.

This week's anonymously submitted question is:

 

 

It can be challenging to stay current on the latest developments in iOS engineering, and there are many different channels to use. You can subscribe to RSS feeds, follow newsletters, or watch videos on YouTube.

 

Some prefer to learn through articles, while others prefer to watch new content solely. I’m the type of person who digs into new stuff ad hoc. I’m now diving deep into Swift Testing since I’m using it for RocketSim.

 

WWDC is another source of inspiration, containing many videos with new learnings. I’m not watching all these videos, but I do use them as a starting point to dig deeper into a certain topic. For example, I found out about Swift Testing via WWDC.

 

Finally, I like to subscribe to RSS feeds from blogs and try to follow influencers in the community on Twitter. For me personally, that results in this curated list of articles inside this newsletter. For you, I’d recommend following prominent developers on social media, too, and using a newsletter like mine to decide which articles you want to read in a week. It’s impossible to read all new articles, so having a curated set will definitely help you become more efficient in staying updated.