Add async to the type system. async can be written as part of a function type or function declaration, following the parameter list, e.g., func doSomeWork() async { ... } async functions are distin... (more…)

Read a free sample or buy App Development with Swift by Apple Education. You can read this book with iBooks on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Mac. (more…)

In his excellent interview with the Accidental Tech Podcast, Chris Lattner defended the goal of Swift being suitable to both beginner and advanced programmers. He cites progressive disclosure, a design philosophy that is often employed in GUI applications...

UISearchBarFontKit - An extension for UISearchBar that makes it effortless to set the font, which is otherwise convoluted. (more…)

Welcome to the third in a series of posts on the Swift runtime. The goal is to go over the functions of the Swift runtime, using what I learned in my Swift on Mac OS 9 project as a reference. This time we’re going to be talking about type metadata, the re... (more…)