Those Who Swift - Issue 198
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This week, I’d like to highlight the growing mismatch between employer expectations and employee skills that has become increasingly apparent over the last few years. Many of us have probably seen those jokes and posts from 2020 claiming that all you needed to become a typical intern or junior developer was a notebook and the willingness to learn. Fast forward to today, and the bar has been raised significantly. What was once considered a junior role now demands mid-level skills, and mid-level roles are being treated as senior positions—unfortunately, without the corresponding salary adjustments.
I recently came across a job description from a security platform that perfectly illustrates this trend. Their “Junior” role required knowledge of Modern Concurrency, experience with CI/CD pipelines, and the ability to suggest architectural decisions. I wouldn’t be surprised if they also expected overtime and a strict no-pet-projects policy. While the market will likely recalibrate over time, the current situation is pushing people to either overstate their skills (which is unsustainable in the long term) or scramble to learn increasingly complex topics just to keep up.
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Swift Around the Web 🌐
Protocol Extensions in Swift 6.0: New Tricks
This article explores the new capabilities of protocol extensions in Swift 6.0, highlighting how they can simplify code and enhance flexibility. It provides a practical examples and tips for leveraging these features to write cleaner, more reusable Swift code. Read more.📍
The Synchronisation Framework
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Coding 👨💻
Launch at Login Setting
This post explains how to implement a "Launch at Login" feature in macOS apps using Swift. It covers the use of ServiceManagement framework and provides a step-by-step guide to enable this common user preference. Read more.📍
SwiftData CRUD Operations with ModelActor
This tutorial demonstrates how to perform CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) operations using SwiftData and the ModelActor pattern. It provides clear examples and code snippets to help developers manage data efficiently in Swift applications. Read more.📍
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Design 🎨
SwiftUI Action Menu
This post demonstrates how to create a custom action menu in SwiftUI, similar to context menus in iOS. Peter Friese provides step-by-step instructions and code examples to help developers implement interactive and user-friendly menus in their apps. Read more.📍
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Replacing EnvironmentKit with the new SwiftUI Entry macro
Daniel Saidi explains how to replace EnvironmentKit with SwiftUI's new Entry macro for managing environment values. The post highlights the macro's simplicity and efficiency, providing code examples and migration steps for developers. Read more.📍
iOS Modular Architecture: From Monolith to Hybrid Approaches
Explores different modularization strategies for iOS applications, emphasizing the importance of choosing the right approach based on project specifics.
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Tutorials 📒
Integrating Live Activity and Dynamic Island in iOS
This guide explains how to integrate Live Activities and Dynamic Island into iOS apps, showcasing their use for real-time updates and interactive notifications. It provides step-by-step instructions, code examples, and best practices to help developers enhance user engagement with these modern iOS features. Read more.📍
Video 🎥
Introduction to Non-Copyable types in Swift
Vincent Pradeilles introduces non-copyable types in Swift, a new feature that prevents instances of a type from being copied. The post explains their use cases, benefits for memory management, and how to implement them in your code. Read more.📍
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