SwiftUI with Majid Jabrayilov - Part 1

In this two part interview, Leo talks with Majid Jabrayilov about SwiftUI one year after its release. In this first part, we talk about whether it is production ready, all the new updates from WWDC 2020, challenges implmenting SwiftUI, as well as well it works on all platforms.

Show Notes

Guest

• Majid Jabrayilov
  • SwiftWithMajid.com
  • Twitter @mecid

Related Episodes

• Episode 55 - WWDC 2020 and Xcode 12 with Vadim Shpakovski - Part 2
• Episode 54 - WWDC 2020 and Xcode 12 with Vadim Shpakovski - Part 1
• Episode 53 - WWDC 2020 - Quick Thoughts
• Episode 47 - Practical Combine with Donny Wals
• Episode 35 - SwiftUI - The Good, the Bad, and the Benefits
• Episode 30 - Quickie: Swift UI and 2020 Trends
• Episode 19 - WWDC 2019 - Swift UI with Jason Anderson

Related Links

• Swift with Majid - What's new in SwiftUI
• Swift with Majid - Mastering grids in SwiftUI

WWDC Videos - We Loved

• Build complications in SwiftUI
• Create complications for Apple Watch
• App essentials in SwiftUI
• Build document-based apps in SwiftUI

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What's New in SwiftUI

• More Mature Framework
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• Lazy Stacks
• New App Structures
• @main App Structure with old UIAppDelegate
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SwiftUI - Benefits and Issues

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Swift developer for Apple devices and more; Founder of BrightDigit; husband and father of 6 adorable kids

Guest

Majid Jabrayilov

Biohacker 🧠 iOS developer 👨🏻‍💻 SwiftUI addicted 🚀 Creator of @CardioBotApp ⌚️ Writing weekly posts about Swift development 📖 Curating SwiftUI Weekly 📧

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