Over the last months, we now have labored arduous at updating our ebook Pondering in SwiftUI. Over the previous years, we had the possibility to conduct SwiftUI workshops for a lot of firms. Based mostly on this expertise and the suggestions we acquired, our method to explaining SwiftUI has developed rather a lot. Due to this fact, we selected to do a full rewrite of the ebook to be on par with our workshops.
The overall construction nonetheless is similar to the earlier version, however the content material is model new. We put a number of emphasis on explaining view bushes (which in truth would be the first chapter of the ebook) on this new version, in addition to how view bushes are interpreted when it comes to state, structure, animations, and extra. The ebook contains rather a lot of recent diagrams to visualise these ideas.
After WWDC, we have been a bit torn about what to do. Ought to we put out a ebook with out mentioning all the brand new issues? This is able to be bizarre for those that can goal iOS 17 / macOS 14. But rewriting the whole ebook for iOS 17 solely can also be not an choice, as many people nonetheless must assist older platforms. As a substitute, we selected to amend the present chapters with callout packing containers, stating related modifications. As well as, we’ll have a separate iOS 17 chapter in the meanwhile. For the ultimate launch of the ebook (as soon as the brand new stuff is out of beta) we’ll attempt to combine the contents of that chapter into the remainder of the ebook.
On account of this transition section, we have determined to launch the brand new version as a beta model. We plan to place out the chapters one-by-one as we’re integrating new iOS 17 subjects. Throughout this prerelease section, we’re additionally internet hosting a weekly Q&A reside stream. The first reside stream might be immediately (Friday June sixteenth) at 18:00 GMT+1 (9am PST). You possibly can submit any questions you’ve for us over at this Github repository.
Till now we now have up to date all of our books free of charge ever since we began objc.io (over ten years in the past!). Since this replace of Pondering in SwiftUI will not be an incremental one, however an entire rewrite from the bottom up, we have determined to launch it as a brand new product – the prelease model is offered now. Nonetheless, in case you have beforehand purchased our ebook and may’t afford the replace, or have purchased the ebook very just lately, simply ship us an e mail and we’ll get you a free replace.
