Conference for iOS Developers

Over the past two years Apple has introduced their new framework for working with asynchronous code. It is well thought out but consists of so many pieces and techniques that it might feel overwhelming.

In this fast-moving, code-along workshop we will explore many of the areas of async/await and friends.

The goal is for you to get an overall idea of what is going on and how it works while briefly exploring many of the areas.

We’ll motivate the topic with error handling in Swift and move on to async methods, the await keyword, and Tasks. We’ll move on to examples of asynchronous sequences, notifications, url sessions, and other Apple APIs. We’ll finish with async in SwiftUI, structured concurrency, and actors.

This talk will explore the complex roots of Swift, its current applications, and its future. The first “chapter” of the talk will rewind back to the initial development of Swift, and the transition from Objective-C. I will identify some of the “why would they design it like…” questions that plague Swift developers, and attempt to answer them by reflecting on the past. In many cases, the apparent redundancies in the Swift language and libraries stem from pre-existing structures, and its current state is a reflection of its history. These questions would serve as a segue into an exploration of the current state of the Swift language. The way Swift code is executed significantly influences the areas in which it is used. Once again, the historical development of Swift plays a role. Could the high complexity of the Swift compiler explain why Swift has remained a somewhat niche language? And why is the compiler so complex in the first place? Lastly, the talk will shift to the future, exploring how Swift may grow and evolve. Only by looking to the past, may we begin to see the future, and thus, deep within the history of Swift lies the key to understanding both its present and its future.

It's become a norm to own a personal website. For showcasing your portfolio to future employers or sharing knowledge writing blogs; there are many options to choose from. If you're more technically savvy you may choose to build your own website from scratch. Or you don't feel like learning a new web technology so you go with a simple template that works just fine. But what if you don't have to learn anything new? What if you can use what you already know and have a lot of fun along the way? Publish is a framework created by John Sundell that allows you to build static websites using Swift. In this talk, you'll learn everything you wanted to know about Publish to get started building your own website. It's so Swift!

In this talk Peter and Stefan take a look how you can enhance your application with the power of Firebase and Stream. Specifically they will talk about how you can leverage the power of Firebase Extensions to give your applications superpowers with pre-built enhancements to the Firebase ecosystem.

Stefan is a working as a Developer Experience Engineer at Stream. Previously he has been doing freelance work in the fields of native iOS and Android as well as Flutter. Also, he has been working as a Software Engineer in the web and cloud space. He is passionate about all things Swift and SwiftUI as well as Machine Learning, Web, and AR. He also likes to share what he’s learning and hopes to help others with that through blog posts, talks, and videos.

Developer Advocate at Google on Firebase

More and more companies are looking at adopting SwiftUI, and as a result they’re digging in to Combine as well. But how do we integrate Combine into an existing codebase. And what about async / await? Will it make Combine obsolete entirely? In this talk, we’ll explore these questions and explore what the future of Combine and async / await will look like.

We create a new SwiftUI view and later discover it needs a property. Argggh - the preview is broken. We’ll fix it later - for now we comment it out and move on. Soon we have a big, over engineered view hierarchy with over coupling that we just can’t see. Split pieces into packages. “Packages?” you say, “You’re mad. I’m a single developer working on a small app.” Yes, packages. It will help you identify and remove dependencies. In this talk you will be encouraged to combine an aggressive use of Preview and Packages to simplify your individual views and develop a data flow and app navigation will be cleaner and simpler to understand.

In this talk you'll see how to write Swift packages and apps in Visual Studio code using the new Swift for VSCode extension. We’ll go through code completion, package dependencies, testing and even debugging a Vapor app! Finally we’ll go through how to run your apps in Remote Containers and Codespaces to standardise your development environment

I was 457 meters in the sky when it hit me: I had to land the plane. I had been flying for less than a week, but there I was — alone in the cockpit — responsible for landing the plane. I knew how to do it, but I had never done it, at least, not alone. Fast-forward a few years. I had just joined a new company as a software engineering manager and within less than a week was tasked with my first hands-on coding project. The application was huge — consisting of tens of thousands of lines of code that were separated across twenty-eight different packages — and I had no clue what the app did or how it did it. Both of those situations appear overwhelming, if not impossible, but I managed a near-perfect landing and completed my first hands-on project almost two weeks ahead of schedule. So how did I do it? A simple four step process, and in this talk I am going to share that process with you and, through real-life examples, show you how it can be implemented to accomplish any goal. At the end of this session, you will be able to apply this process to ensure that your first project as part of a new team is a success!

What can we expect of future Swift version? Should I still learn UIKit as a new engineer? Is there still reason to use Combine while we have async/await? Those and other topics will be discussed in the Do iOS panel hosted by Antoine van der Lee.

Some of us want to do it all: write code and lead people, getting the best of both worlds. Or is it?

Is being a hands on manager really even possible? Is choosing this direction actually doing a disservice to your team and to yourself?

In this talk, we’ll explore the delicate balance of being an active contributor to your code base while leading a team of developers and the challenges that ensue. I will highlight some of the conflicts of interest that arise, like personal priorities versus company priorities, which can be mitigated by open lines of communication and aligning mutual expectations. Hearing the whole story can help you achieve personal and professional clarity to navigate your career path.

In this talk, I will give an explanation and examples of how Swift can be used to write code way beyond app development. I will also be talking about why it would be a good idea to use Swift and what features make Swift a suitable language for each use case.

Does your network layer need some love but you don’t know where to start? In this talk, we’ll look at how we can create our own small library of composable tools to make network a joy to work with.

As developers, we have a lot on our plate. Between working on new features, fixing bugs, and ensuring compatibility with the latest iOS releases, it can be tough to find time for "polish". But, there's a simple way to lighten the load and still create high-quality products that people will love. If you're an indie dev, this is essential. If you're in a corporate or a startup, I bet that you can still find value here. In this talk, I walk you through the tools and techniques to conduct effective user research to easily find problems and design solutions that will make your users/your boss/your bank account happy.

These days, it’s so much more fun to build for the Apple Watch. This talk will help you understand what it takes to design and build great apps for watchOS.

Whether you are in the health, finance, or mobility sector, Swift Charts gives many ways to communicate patterns or trends in your data. Let me show you during this talk the power of delighting and fascinating that offers this new iOS16 Framework.