Guest

• Vadim Shpakovski - @VadimShpakovski
  • NativeConnect 
  • Raycast

Related Episodes

• Episode 54 - WWDC 2020 and Xcode 12 with Vadim Shpakovski - Part 2
• Episode 44 - WWDC Spectacular (Part 2) with Peter Witham
• Episode 43 - WWDC Spectacular (Part 1) with Peter Witham
• Episode 53 - WWDC 2020 - Quick Thoughts
• Episode 49 - Vapor 4 with Tibor Bödecs
• Episode 36 - Upgrading Your Skills in 2020 with Paul Hudson
• Episode 34 - Server-Side Swift with Tim Condon
  Episode 33 - 2020 Developer Wish List with Alex Bush
• Episode 23 - Modularizing in Xcode with Abbey Jackson

Related Links

• Apple’s new ARM-based Macs won’t support Windows through Boot Camp - The Verge
• @brianstucki asks which open source software do you need updated for Apple Silicon
• Qemu - Processor Emulator
• Swift on ARM – Supporting ARM in Swift Package CI
• VideoMeme by Gui Rambo - Sample Document-Based App in SwiftUI
• Arena: Explore SPM packages with ease by Sven A. Schmidt
• Fastlane
• Swagger
• Xcodegen
• Xcode 12 Beta Release Notes
• Xcode 12 for macOS Universal Apps Beta Release Notes
• Sean Allen - What's the new in Xcode 12
• Paul Hudson - WWDC20: Wrap up and recommended talks
• Lucas Derraugh - Responder Chain 2 Episode on Speculid
• Atomic Web Design

WWDC Videos - We Loved

• Explore the new system architecture of Apple Silicon Macs
• Adopt the new look of macOS
• Distribute binary frameworks as Swift packages
• Port your Mac app to Apple Silicon
• What's new in App Store Connect
• Explore Packages and Projects with Xcode Playgrounds
• Get your test results faster
• Handle interruptions and alerts in UI tests
• Create Swift Playgrounds content for iPad and Mac
• Expanding automation with the App Store Connect API
• Write tests to fail
• XCTSkip your tests
• Use Swift on AWS Lambda with Xcode

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macOS 11 and Big Sur

• Stability of Big Sur vs Catalina
• Unification of Design 
• Thoughts on Catalyst
• Native iOS on Apple Silicon
• AppKit vs SwiftUI 

Apple Silicon

• Migrating Apps to Apple Silicon
• How Virtualization is Limited
• Windows on Apple Silicon 
• Xcode 12 vs Xcode 12 Universal

Xcode 12

• New Design
• New SwiftUI App and Scene Changes
• Swift Package Binary Dependencies and XCFrameworks
• Swift Package Swift UI Previews
• Swift Playgrounds in Xcode
• Testing Enhancements
• App Store API Improvements (by the end of the year)
• Xcode Tips
• Code Completion Improvements

Xcode Tips

• Refactoring with Xcode
• Modularization with Targets, etc....
• Using Xconfig
• Xcodegen

Server-Side Swift

• Is Vapor Production Ready?
• Vapor demoed in the State of the Union
• AWS Lambdas in Swift

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