Developer Community (Part 2) with Dave Verwer

In this second part episode with Dave Verwer, Leo talks with Dave about Swift Packages, SwiftPM Library (swiftpm.co), and how Dave uses open-source data and pull request for contributing. In the previous episode, we talked about the iOS Developer Survey and iOS Developer Community overall.

Show Notes

Guest

• Dave Verwer - daveverwer.com
  • Twitter @daveverwer
  • iOS Dev Weekly - Twitter @iOSDevWeekly
  • iOS Developer Community Survey
  • SwiftPM Library - Twitter @SwiftPMLibrary 
  • iOS Dev Jobs - Twitter @iOSDevJobsHQ
  • iOS Dev Directory

Related Episodes

• Episode 31: Future Proofing Your Apps with Gui Rambo
• Episode 37: Machine Learning with Kevin Scott
• Episode 42: Patterns and Practices for Scalable Apps
• Episode 45: Developer Community (Part 1) with Dave Verwer

Related Links

• My Appearance on Responder Chain with Lucas Derraugh
• iOS Dev Directory Projects
  • Swift News by Tibor Bödecs
  • iOS Dev Blogs by Andrew Yates

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Swift Packages

• What's the future of Swift Packages
• Cocoapods vs Carthage vs Packages vs Submodules
• Limitations of Swift Packages

SwiftPM Library

• How SwiftPM.co began?
• What does it provide to the community?
• Issues with older packages
• Issues with other dependency management systems (NPM, RubyGems, etc...)

Open Source Data

• How to use pull-requests for contributing information?
• How iOS Dev Directory works
• How it helps prevent spam 
• Allowing for others to build on top of

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"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

Dave Verwer

Independent iOS developer, technical writer, author of @iOSDevWeekly, and creator of @SwiftPackages. He/him.

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