Swift Thoughts
Ok... so yes, I'm still obsessed with ARKit... Seeing this simple change to how we order food definitely rocked my imagination of how disrupting ARKit truly is! And the fact that it's on an iPhone that people already have in their hands instead of a new device like Google Glass or Oculus Rift definitely gives Apple a head start, despite Google and Facebook being ahead in the Augmented Reality race in other ways. So excited to see what else you all build!
P.S. Happy July 4th ๐บ๐ธ๐ฝ๐! To celebrate, use discount code TRYFREEDOM to get $100 off your try! Swift NYC ticket by the end of this week. We'll be posting the schedule in a few days. Yes, there will be a talk about ARKit! Tickets are going fast, so don't wait!
Swift Around the Web
JSON with Encoder and Encodable
@gregheo looks behind the magic of how a single Int instance winds its way through JSONEncoder and become JSON data ๐ฉ
Chris Lattner on the Realm WWDC 2017 Swift panel
Thanks @olebegemann for organizing Chris Lattner's thoughts during the Realm WWDC Panel
"My goal for Swift has always been and still is total world domination. Itสผs a modest goal. [Applause] But this is not Swift 5 weสผre talking about. This is a 10- or 15- or 20-year goal. So how are we going to achieve that? Itสผs the same process as writing a big app: you take the goal and decompose it into subproblems and then solve the individual problems. And the way you get to world domination with a language is you have to have a killer app first. You have to have a reason for a community to learn that programming language. There are so many languages that exist out there that nobody uses. And with Swift, that was clearly iOS programming."
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#iOSdev
Can Core ML in iOS Really Do Hot Dog Detection Without Server-side Processing?
SPOILER ALERT!! YES IT CAN ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ
Now compare this to how the actual HBO's Silicon Valley "Not Hotdog" was built.
ARKit Tutorial with SceneKit
A super simple ARKit tutorial - great for getting started with it. Simply plant ๐ณ!
Swift Code
- ARBrush - Quick demo of 3d drawing in ARKit using metal + SceneKit.
- swift-evolution-backend - Swift Evolution Backend is responsible to provide data to Evolution App iOS
- Cheers - ๐ Fancy confetti effects in Swift
- YapAnimator - Your fast and friendly physics-based animation system.
- Neural-Network-Playground - A neural network Swift playground, with no third party dependencies.
- DeallocationChecker - Catch leaking view controllers without opening Instruments. Blog post here.
Business
How To Get More App Downloads by Rethinking Your Mobile Marketing Strategy
"Unfortunately, as more and more developers are starting to realize, the App Store is not the solution. With more a thousand new apps submitted each day (let me emphasize that: one thousand new apps each day!) itโs almost impossible to stand out. The new iOS 11 Apple App Store design is not a solutionโโโit shows even fewer apps on the main page than it used to. While Apple might believe this is better UX for the end user, this new design does nothing to help the chance of discovery via the App Store for a small app developer trying to get an app off the ground."
Great tips! Especially the app partnership one!
Swift Jobs
๐ป Swift Full Time
- Senior iOS Developer @ Lotum GmbH - Bad Nauheim (bei Frankfurt am Main)
- Product aware iOS engineer @ Monzo - London, UK
- Software Engineer - iOS @ trivago - Dรผsseldorf, Germany
Random Cool Stuff
Serena Williams on Her Pregnancy, Finding Love, and More
Ok, I don't usually put celebrity gossip on here, but this is the sweetest and most unlikely love story between the best athlete in the world and a techie. I want to see the movie version! Good luck to both ๐