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An iOS Developer's Guide to SwiftUI

By : Michele Fadda
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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

TCA, The Composable Architecture

For completeness, I will mention one of the latest additions to the collection of third-party “architectures” for iOS and Apple development. TCA, The Composable Architecture is a framework implemented as a library developed by PointFree: https://www.pointfree.co.

Unfortunately, TCA is not fully open source nor fully explained by a textbook when it comes to its documentation, as the PointFree business model is based on a subscription model. Some information, however, is available publicly, in particular on GitHub: https://github.com/pointfreeco/swift-composable-architecture

TCA is conceptually based on Redux, a software pattern used in Javascript frontend development, normally used with React.

Redux and TCA are two state management frameworks used in software development to manage and centralize the state of an application, making it predictable and easier to understand. Redux was originally designed for React applications in the...