The Great SwiftUI Migration - Part 1 with Ben Scheirman
Ben Scheirman of NSScreenCast comes on to talk about migrating apps such as a Nike's Sneakers app from UIKit to SwiftUI and all the little things you don't think about. This is part 1 of a 2 part interview.
Guest
- Ben Scheirman | Ben is an experienced software engineer from Houston, TX. Currently focused on Swift, iOS, Ruby, and Rust.
- Ben Scheirman (@bens@mastodon.xyz) - Mastodon
- subdigital (Ben Scheirman)
- NSScreencast: Bite-sized Screencasts for iOS Development
- Combine Swift
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Links
- Episode #288: Modern UIKit: Stack Navigation, Part 2
- pointfreeco/swift-perception: Observable tools, backported.
- brightdigit/Sublimation: Enable automatic discovery of your local development server on the fly. Turn your Server-Side Swift app from a mysterious vapor to a tangible solid server.
- krzysztofzablocki/LifetimeTracker: Find retain cycles / memory leaks sooner.
- siteline/swiftui-introspect: Introspect underlying UIKit/AppKit components from SwiftUI
- Presenting Coordinators - Soroush Khanlou on Vimeo
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- Mobile System Design with Tjeerd in 't Veen
- The Composable Architecture with Zev Eisenberg
- Behind the Scenes of SwiftUI with Aviel Gross
- WWDC 2022 - SwiftUI and UIKit with Evan Stone
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Credits
Music from https://filmmusic.io
"Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
"Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
- (00:00) - Who is Ben Scherman
- (02:38) - Migrating Apps to Swift UI
- (07:03) - Challenges with Swift UI and iOS Versions
- (10:24) - Using Introspect for Swift UI
- (16:44) - Implementing Collection View in Swift UI
- (25:05) - Exploring iOS 18 Scroll View API
- (25:30) - SwiftUI vs UIKit: Productivity and Constraints
- (26:38) - Design and Engineering Collaboration
- (29:43) - Stages of Migrating to SwiftUI
- (34:14) - SwiftUI Navigation and Environment Bindings
- (39:44) - Retain Cycles and Memory Management
- Bertram Eber
- Edward Sanchez
- Satoshi Mitsumori
- Steven Lipton
Creators and Guests
Host
Leo Dion
Swift developer for Apple devices and more; Founder of BrightDigit; husband and father of 6 adorable kids
Guest
Ben Scheirman
Lead iOS Engineer for NIKE | Creator of https://t.co/opkAmLxbow, NSScreencast | Frequent dad joker.Moved to https://t.co/7961dq3XO9, follow me there