Swift Result Builders

Delivered in October 2023 at the Sydney CocoaHeads Meetup, this talk covers result builders in Swift.

It starts with a brief introduction to Domain Specific Languages (DSL's), talks about the evolution of result builders in Swift (from the evolution days when they were called function builders), and goes through an example of creating a simple result builder that slowly gains more and more capabilities.

Unfortunately, a recording of the talk isn't available due to technical issues on the night (this is my fault since, well, I should've known better).

So, you built an app?

Delivered in April 2023 at the Sydney CocoaHeads Meetup, this is a talk in two parts about launching an app. The first part discusses all the things you might want to consider before considering an iOS app "complete" in 2023, followed by the second part which is all about what to consider between finishing the code for your app and actually launching it – things like a website, marketing pages, App Store metadata, contacting the press, etc.

Inspired by my recent efforts in the lead up to launching Glucomate.

A recording of the talk is available on YouTube.

SwiftUI 101 and Gotchas

Delivered remotely in September 2021 at the Sydney CocoaHeads Meetup, this talk goes through a list of tips and tricks about SwiftUI that I've learnt after spending the time trying to figure it out.

A recording of the talk is available on YouTube.

Map Memory Management

Reducing the impact of MKMapView's memory footprint when your app is in the background.

Presented online at the Sydney CocoaHeads meetup in October 2020.

The slides can be downloaded by clicking here, and accompanying source code can be found on GitHub here.

Updating Your App for iOS 13

At /dev/world/2019 in Melbourne, Australia, I spoke about the changes necessary to get your app ready for iOS 13. Using the example of Petty, a side project of mine, as an example application.

The talk didn't stop at iOS 13, also covering indepedent watch apps in watchOS 6, and bringing the app to the Mac with Catalyst API's.

A recording of the talk is available here, and you can download the Keynote slides here.

Supercharge Your App with Siri Shortcuts

My first conference talk, at /dev/world/2018 in Melbourne, Australia, was about Siri Shortcuts - an extension of the SiriKit API on iOS allowing developers to integrate parts of their app with Siri.

This talk covers what Siri Shortcuts are, how and why they make sense to adopt in your app, and includes an example of how to implement Shortcuts and Suggestions in your iOS and watchOS app.

A recording of the talk is available here, and you can download the Keynote slides here.

Parallel Testing in Xcode 10

A shorter talk at the CocoaHeads meetup in Sydney, this talk covered the basics of the new parallel testing features in Xcode 10, and is largely based off of this blog post.