SwiftUI Advanced Handbook
39 sections - 4 hours of video
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An extensive series of tutorials covering advanced topics related to SwiftUI, with a main focus on backend and logic to take your SwiftUI skills to the next level
Taught by Meng To
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39 topics
All techniques are explained step-by-step, in a beginner-friendly format so that you can easily follow in a cohesive way.
1
Firebase Auth
How to install Firebase authentification to your Xcode project
8:18
2
Read from Firestore
Install Cloud Firestore in your application to fetch and read data from a collection
8:01
3
Write to Firestore
Save the data users input in your application in a Firestore collection
5:35
4
Join an Array of Strings
Turn your array into a serialized String
3:33
5
Data from JSON
Load data from a JSON file into your SwiftUI application
5:08
6
HTTP Request
Create an HTTP Get Request to fetch data from an API
6:31
7
WKWebView
Integrate an HTML page into your SwiftUI application using WKWebView and by converting Markdown into HTML
5:25
8
Code Highlighting in a WebView
Use Highlight.js to convert your code blocks into beautiful highlighted code in a WebView
5:11
9
Test for Production in the Simulator
Build your app on Release scheme to test for production
1:43
10
Debug Performance in a WebView
Enable Safari's WebInspector to debug the performance of a WebView in your application
1:57
11
Debug a Crash Log
Learn how to debug a crash log from App Store Connect in Xcode
2:22
12
Simulate a Bad Network
Test your SwiftUI application by simulating a bad network connection with Network Link Conditionner
2:11
13
Archive a Build in Xcode
Archive a build for beta testing or to release in the App Store
1:28
14
Apollo GraphQL Part I
Install Apollo GraphQL in your project to fetch data from an API
6:21
15
Apollo GraphQL Part 2
Make a network call to fetch your data and process it into your own data type
6:43
16
Apollo GraphQL Part 3
Display the data fetched with Apollo GraphQL in your View
5:08
17
Configuration Files in Xcode
Create configuration files and add variables depending on the environment - development or production
4:35
18
App Review
Request an app review from your user for the AppStore
5:43
19
ImagePicker
Create an ImagePicker to choose a photo from the library or take a photo from the camera
5:06
20
Compress a UIImage
Compress a UIImage by converting it to JPEG, reducing its size and quality
3:32
21
Firebase Storage
Upload, delete and list files in Firebase Storage
11:11
22
Search Feature
Implement a search feature to filter through your content in your SwiftUI application
9:13
23
Push Notifications Part 1
Set up Firebase Cloud Messaging as a provider server to send push notifications to your users
5:59
24
Push Notifications Part 2
Create an AppDelegate to ask permission to send push notifications using Apple Push Notifications service and Firebase Cloud Messaging
6:30
25
Push Notifications Part 3
Tie everything together and test your push notifications feature in production
6:13
26
Network Connection
Verify the network connection of your user to perform tasks depending on their network's reachability
6:49
27
Download Files Locally Part 1
Download videos and files locally so users can watch them offline
6:05
28
Download Files Locally Part 2
Learn how to use the DownloadManager class in your views for offline video viewing
6:02
29
Offline Data with Realm
Save your SwiftUI data into a Realm so users can access them offline
10:20
30
HTTP Request with Async Await
Create an HTTP get request function using async await
6:11
31
Xcode Cloud
Automate workflows with Xcode Cloud
9:23
32
SceneStorage and TabView
Use @SceneStorage with TabView for better user experience on iPad
3:52
33
Network Connection Observer
Observe the network connection state using NWPathMonitor
4:37
34
Apollo GraphQL Caching
Cache data for offline availability with Apollo GraphQL
9:42
35
Create a model from an API response
Learn how to create a SwiftUI model out of the response body of an API
5:37
36
Multiple type variables in Swift
Make your models conform to the same protocol to create multiple type variables
4:23
37
Parsing Data with SwiftyJSON
Make API calls and easily parse data with this JSON package
9:36
38
ShazamKit
Build a simple Shazam clone and perform music recognition
12:38
39
Firebase Remote Config
Deliver changes to your app on the fly remotely
9:05
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Meng To is the author of Design+Code. Meng started off his career as a self-taught designer from Montreal and eventually traveled around the world for 2 years as his US VISA was denied. During his travels, he wrote a book which now has 35,000 readers.
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Haawa
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Hey MengTo, I launched my iOS/watchOS app RunnerGoal almost completely built with SwiftUI. Thank you for the design lessons and many controls and animation that I used from you SwiftUI course. Man bowing deeply.
Artem Adams
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Artem Adams
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Learned a lot from your course to port my app from #AppleWatch to #iPhone, #iPad and #Mac. All SwiftUI, one code base, iCloud, learn words with Widgets.
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Christiano Mere
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My studies of swiftUI with a little help and inspirations of @designcodeio and @MengTo. Thanks for the today's live. Illustrations by @FireartStudio
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David Norris
App Developer
Big thanks to you and your DesignCode team. A big help to me. Learning design is just as important as the code that drives it. Built @getNebulaApp, using the SwiftUI courses. Essential for learning iOS and macOS app dev.
Pablo Stanley
Designer at Blush
Meng To's book totally changed my design workflow. It even inspired me to start design workshops and YouTube tutorials.
Cyril Zakka
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I don’t know if you remember but I bought your first book a little less than 4 years ago. You started me on my path to code and design. Now I do iOS development and have also moved on to AI and deep learning. So thank you for that!
