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An iOS Developer's Guide to SwiftUI

By : Michele Fadda
Book Image

An iOS Developer's Guide to SwiftUI

By: Michele Fadda

Overview of this book

– SwiftUI transforms Apple Platform app development with intuitive Swift code for seamless UI design. – Explore SwiftUI's declarative programming: define what the app should look like and do, while the OS handles the heavy lifting. – Hands-on approach covers SwiftUI fundamentals and often-omitted parts in introductory guides. – Progress from creating views and modifiers to intricate, responsive UIs and advanced techniques for complex apps. – Focus on new features in asynchronous programming and architecture patterns for efficient, modern app design. – Learn UIKit and SwiftUI integration, plus how to run tests for SwiftUI applications. – Gain confidence to harness SwiftUI's full potential for building professional-grade apps across Apple devices.
Table of Contents (25 chapters)
Free Chapter
1
Part 1: Simple Views
5
Part 2: Scrollable Views
8
Part 3: SwiftUI Navigation
11
Part 4: Graphics and Animation
14
Part 5: App Architecture
17
Part 6: Beyond Basics

Keeping it light enough

In this section, we will discuss the design part of software. We don’t take the view that you should design everything from the start, with a “grand plan” that encompasses everything. That approach is often called waterfall, or upfront architecture. However, I don’t subscribe that you should go completely free-range and start with no intentional initial design either.

Take, for example, starting a journey with just a map, a backpack with some spare light clothes, and enough money. It helps if you have a plan, research the country you want to visit first, and know at least a bit of the language. Also, you may have “rules” you want to follow in order to maximize some criteria, such as your gastronomic preferences, sunshine intake, and having abundant sunscreen oil in order to avoid sunburn.

When it comes to software architecture, the goal is not to begin with a completely blank slate. Instead, you aim to have the...