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Since its debut last year, SwiftData has become a focal framework that has garnered significant attention from developers. With the arrival of WWDC 2024, there is widespread anticipation for breakthroughs in functionality, performance, and stability in SwiftData. This article will review the performance of the latest version of SwiftData and share the complex emotions I experienced during my first encounter with the new version: shock, joy, disheartened, and perplexed.

Fatbobman's Swift Weekly #035 | A Spectacular Keynote, Yet Practical Implementation Requires Time

• Dive into Swift 6, SwiftUI & UIKit’s latest from WWDC 2024
• Q&A of TCA
• Non-sendable Closure
• Core Image
• Transferable Protocol

Fatbobman's Swift Weekly #034 | WWDC 2024: AI is Not Everything

• SwiftData's Potential & Challenges
• AttributeGraph Insights
• Animating App Icons
• @preconcurrency Usage
• Scenes in SwiftUI
• WeatherKit Features
• Concurrency Migration Guide

At the 2023 Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), Apple launched the highly anticipated new generation data management framework — SwiftData. As the successor to Core Data, can SwiftData play a key role in the Apple ecosystem? With WWDC 2024 approaching, this article will evaluate the overall performance of SwiftData since its initial release during the Xcode 15 period (i.e., its first major version), and provide a forecast of its future development.

Fatbobman's Swift Weekly #033｜Boosting Engagement: Forum Updates Alone Fall Short

• SwiftUI Changes
• Declarative Text Kit
• Build Website in Swift
• MVVM in SwiftUI
• Using TipKit
• Common Errors from UIKit to SwiftUI
• The Impact of AI Search Engines

When people reunite after a long absence, they are often surprised by the changes in each other; however, the transformations in those who are with us day after day are often overlooked. In this article, I will sift through the key updates to SwiftUI that have made a significant impression on me since its first version. This is not only a reflection on the evolution of SwiftUI from its inception to its maturity but also a fresh appreciation of the vitality it embodies.

Fatbobman's Swift Weekly #032｜Recognize the Importance of Accessibility Before It's Needed

• Swift Web Servers Performance
• Debugging Animations
• SwiftData Update Issue
• Selective Testing
• Strategies for Backend API
• Anticipation for WWDC

In SwiftUI, many layout container constructors include a spacing parameter with a default value of nil, which controls the spacing between adjacent views. This article will start with this default parameter to explore the concept of Spacing in SwiftUI in-depth, and share some related tips and considerations.

At the WWDC 2023, Apple introduced the containerRelativeFrame view modifier to SwiftUI. This modifier simplifies some layout operations that were previously difficult to achieve through conventional methods. This article will delve into the containerRelativeFrame modifier, covering its definition, layout rules, use cases, and relevant considerations. At the end of the article, we will also create a backward-compatible replica of containerRelativeFrame for older versions of SwiftUI, further enhancing our understanding of its functionalities.