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Go beyond memorizing syntax and understand why the language rules exist, from fundamentals and memory to concurrency and the Objective-C runtime.
The first hurdle when learning Swift is optionals. The question mark in String?, if let, guard let, !, and ??. With so many forms of syntax, memorizing each separately can easily turn the rules into a jumble.
Read articleIn the closures article, when we covered breaking retain cycles with [weak self], we left one question open. There is also unowned instead of weak—what is the difference, and when should you use it? To answer, we first need to look beneath the surface at how ARC actually works.
Read articleExplore the structural and tooling decisions behind long-lived iOS apps, including architecture, state, dependencies, module boundaries, and build strategy.
There’s a joke almost every iOS developer hears at least once.
Read articleIf you’ve followed this iOS architecture series this far, the options are all on the table: MVC, MVVM, MVP, VIPER, Clean Architecture, MV, and TCA.
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