WWDC 2020 and Xcode 12 with Vadim Shpakovski - Part 2

In this two-part episode Leo talks with Vadim Shpakovski, author of NativeConnect, about WWDC 2020. In this second part, they cover the updates to the Mac, Xcode 12, and Swift 5.3. In the first part, they went over their overall thoughts on this year's format and the updates to iOS 14, watchOS 7, and iPadOS 14.

Show Notes

Guest

• Vadim Shpakovski - @VadimShpakovski
  • NativeConnect 
  • Raycast

Related Episodes

• Episode 54 - WWDC 2020 and Xcode 12 with Vadim Shpakovski - Part 2
• Episode 44 - WWDC Spectacular (Part 2) with Peter Witham
• Episode 43 - WWDC Spectacular (Part 1) with Peter Witham
• Episode 53 - WWDC 2020 - Quick Thoughts
• Episode 49 - Vapor 4 with Tibor Bödecs
• Episode 36 - Upgrading Your Skills in 2020 with Paul Hudson
• Episode 34 - Server-Side Swift with Tim Condon
  Episode 33 - 2020 Developer Wish List with Alex Bush
• Episode 23 - Modularizing in Xcode with Abbey Jackson

Related Links

• Apple’s new ARM-based Macs won’t support Windows through Boot Camp - The Verge
• @brianstucki asks which open source software do you need updated for Apple Silicon
• Qemu - Processor Emulator
• Swift on ARM – Supporting ARM in Swift Package CI
• VideoMeme by Gui Rambo - Sample Document-Based App in SwiftUI
• Arena: Explore SPM packages with ease by Sven A. Schmidt
• Fastlane
• Swagger
• Xcodegen
• Xcode 12 Beta Release Notes
• Xcode 12 for macOS Universal Apps Beta Release Notes
• Sean Allen - What's the new in Xcode 12
• Paul Hudson - WWDC20: Wrap up and recommended talks
• Lucas Derraugh - Responder Chain 2 Episode on Speculid
• Atomic Web Design

WWDC Videos - We Loved

• Explore the new system architecture of Apple Silicon Macs
• Adopt the new look of macOS
• Distribute binary frameworks as Swift packages
• Port your Mac app to Apple Silicon
• What's new in App Store Connect
• Explore Packages and Projects with Xcode Playgrounds
• Get your test results faster
• Handle interruptions and alerts in UI tests
• Create Swift Playgrounds content for iPad and Mac
• Expanding automation with the App Store Connect API
• Write tests to fail
• XCTSkip your tests
• Use Swift on AWS Lambda with Xcode

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macOS 11 and Big Sur

• Stability of Big Sur vs Catalina
• Unification of Design 
• Thoughts on Catalyst
• Native iOS on Apple Silicon
• AppKit vs SwiftUI 

Apple Silicon

• Migrating Apps to Apple Silicon
• How Virtualization is Limited
• Windows on Apple Silicon 
• Xcode 12 vs Xcode 12 Universal

Xcode 12

• New Design
• New SwiftUI App and Scene Changes
• Swift Package Binary Dependencies and XCFrameworks
• Swift Package Swift UI Previews
• Swift Playgrounds in Xcode
• Testing Enhancements
• App Store API Improvements (by the end of the year)
• Xcode Tips
• Code Completion Improvements

Xcode Tips

• Refactoring with Xcode
• Modularization with Targets, etc....
• Using Xconfig
• Xcodegen

Server-Side Swift

• Is Vapor Production Ready?
• Vapor demoed in the State of the Union
• AWS Lambdas in Swift

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Music from https://filmmusic.io
"Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
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Creators & Guests

Host

Leo Dion

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

Guest

Vadim Shpakovski

Software Engineer

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