Weekly Newsletter Issue 17

Welcome to the SPECIAL WWDC24 EDITION of our newsletter.

The WWDC 2024 week has wrapped up, leaving the Apple developer community buzzing with excitement! It was packed with tons of new releases and things to uncover and explore.

Apple revamped the Developer Documentation homepage to guide you through all the latest technologies and announcements. We are also providing our contribution to helping developers get up to speed with all the updates with our WWDC sessions guide. Enjoy!

WWDC 2024: What’s new in the Swift community?

This article covers the most inspiring new releases from WWDC 2024 and showcases some of our highlights from the developer conference.

Create with SwiftTiago Gomes Pereira

From the community

Here are our highlights of articles and resources created by the app developer community. They already started exploring and testing all the exciting new features and frameworks!

What's new in Swift 6.0?

With every Swift update, everyone waits for Paul Hudson's “What’s new in Swift” where he explores the exciting new features and improvements in the new version of the language with an in-depth article, providing guides on how to fully enable it.

What’s new in Swift 6.0?

When fully enabled, Swift 6 is likely to require changes in pretty much every project.

Hacking with SwiftPaul Hudson twostraws

What is new in SwiftUI after WWDC 24

Majid already explored the latest features introduced in the SwiftUI framework and shows them to you with detailed code snippets and practical examples.

What is new in SwiftUI after WWDC 24

WWDC 24 is here, and we have a lot to cover. Every year, SwiftUI matures by introducing more features to catch up with UIKit. This year is no exception. Let’s dive into the new features that the SwiftUI framework introduces.

Swift with MajidMajid Jabrayilov

@Previewable: Dynamic SwiftUI Previews Made Easy

A new macro has been introduced this year, letting you use State directly in previews. Antoine explored it and will explain in detail why it exists and how it can be useful.

@Previewable: Dynamic SwiftUI Previews Made Easy

Discover the power of the @Previewable macro in Xcode 16 for creating richer and more dynamic SwiftUI previews.

SwiftLeeAntoine van der Lee

Getting started with Swift Testing

Pol explores the interesting and newly released Swift Testing package and shows you how to get started.

Getting started with Swift Testing

All you need to know about Apple’s macro-based testing library available from Xcode 16 and the Swift 6 Toolchain.

Using iOS 18’s new TabView with a sidebar

Donny breaks down the new features of TabView, providing a detailed guide on setting up and adapting it for various screen sizes.

Using iOS 18’s new TabView with a sidebar – Donny Wals

In iOS 18, Apple has revamped the way that tab bars look. They used to be positioned at the bottom of the screen with an icon and a text underneath. Starting with iOS 18, tab bars will no longer be…

Donny Walsdonnywals

iOS 18: Notable UIKit Additions

This WWDC was not all about SwiftUI since UIKit also received new additions. Explore them with Jordan who will give you practical code and visual examples.

iOS 18: Notable UIKit Additions

iOS 18 is out in the wild! As always, let’s check in with our mature interface framework, UIKit.

Jordan MorganJordan Morgan

And that's all for this week's edition. In the upcoming weeks, we will keep diving deep into all the topics and provide you with content about it.

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We can’t wait to see what you will Create with Swift.

See you next week!