Chris and Florian’s new e book Pondering in SwiftUI got here out in March 2020 already, so I’m late to the celebration with this announcement. However I nonetheless need to point out it right here as a result of (a) it’s a very good e book and (b) I had a small half in its creation as a reviewer. This week’s launch of an up to date model for the most recent SwiftUI model is an effective alternative.
The e book is brief (150 pages), and that’s considered one of its strengths. It doesn’t need to be a complete reference guide for each SwiftUI API — somewhat, it needs to assist readers construct a psychological mannequin of how SwiftUI works on a elementary stage.
The primary version obtained plenty of reward on Twitter (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6). The second version consists of new content material on among the new SwiftUI options which can be a part of iOS 14/macOS 11, in addition to refined explanations on SwiftUI’s structure system. If you happen to’re a Swift Discuss subscriber, you already know that Florian and Chris did a deep dive into the structure system this yr.
I’m a giant fan of the workouts included within the e book. Every chapter ends with a number of workouts that encourage you to resolve a sensible downside utilizing the belongings you simply discovered. Personally, doing the workouts positively gave me a deeper understanding of the fabric than simply studying about it.
On a aspect word, I like this work as a reviewer, and I believe I’m good at it. I you’re planning to jot down a e book about Swift or iOS and are searching for a technical reviewer, hit me up.
