Trusted by teams
Point-Free is a video series exploring advanced topics in the Swift programming language, hosted by industry experts, Brandon and Stephen.
We give a tour of our SQLiteData library, a fast and lightweight alternative to SwiftData. We’ll set up a fresh project with the package, define models and configure the database, and even write SQL migrations with the help of Xcode’s Coding Assistant.
We continue our series on “modern persistence” with an important topic: “callbacks.” Callbacks are little hooks into the lifecycle of your data model so that you can be notified or take action when something changes. We will first explore the “Active Record” pattern of callbacks, popularized by Ruby on Rails, and then see how we can improve upon them.
How does our SQL-based solution for persistence compare with modern SwiftData? We put things to the test by rebuilding our complex @FetchAll query using @Model and the @Query macro!
We give a tour of our SQLiteData library, a fast and lightweight alternative to SwiftData. We’ll set up a fresh project with the package, define models and configure the database, and even write SQL migrations with the help of Xcode’s Coding Assistant.
We round out are synchronization series with a grab bag finale. We’ll explore explicit synchronization, custom logout behavior, how the library handles read-only permissions, and how you can incorporate theses permissions in your app’s behavior.
We add advanced sharing functionality to our reminders app by fetching and displaying participant information, all without hitting CloudKit servers by leveraging SQLiteData’s metadata, instead. Along the way we will explore two powerful tools to simplify our app: database “views” and the @DatabaseFunction macro.
We dissect some of the most important and interesting topics in Swift programming frequently, and deliver them straight to your inbox.
We cover both abstract ideas and practical concepts you can start using in your code base immediately.
Download a fully-functioning Swift playground from the episode so you can experiment with the concepts discussed.
We transcribe each video by hand so you can search and reference easily. Click on a timestamp to jump directly to that point in the video.
SQLite is one of the most well-crafted, battle-tested, widely-deployed pieces of software in history, and it’s a great fit for apps with more complex persistence needs than user defaults or a JSON file. This collection serves as an introduction to the basics of SQLite, as well as an exploration into more advanced topics and techniques for integrating SQLite into your applications.
Architecture is a tough problem and there’s no shortage of articles, videos and open source projects attempting to solve the problem once and for all. In this collection we systematically develop an architecture from first principles, with an eye on building something that is composable, modular, testable, and more.
Swift 5.9 brings a powerful new feature to the language: macros. They allow you to implement new functionality into the language as if it was built directly in the language itself. However, they can be tricky to get right, and as such one needs to write an extensive test suite to make sure you have covered all of the subtle and nuanced edge cases that are possible.
If you have ever created a binding using the get:set: initializer, you may want to reconsider. Doing so can hurt SwiftUI’s ability to animate your view. Luckily there is a better way. You can leverage @dynamicMemberLookup and subscripts to derive new bindings in a way that allows SwiftUI to propertly track where the binding came from.
SwiftData is not capable of filtering and sorting by raw representable enum properties in models. Predicates and sort descriptors will compile just fine when referencing enum properties, but it will crash at runtime.
SwiftData is not capable of sorting by boolean properties in models. And if you try to trick SwiftData to allow it, you will encounter runtime crashes.
tfw you are excited for a 4 hour train ride because you'll have time to watch the new @pointfreeco episode 🤓🏔🚂 #MathInTheAlps #typehype
This is surely one of the best shows for Swift folks out there! The content and explanation is at a really high bar!
I really love the dynamics of @pointfreeco. The dance of “this is super nice because…” “yes, BUT….”. they clearly show what’s good, what’s not so good and keep continuously improving.
Honestly, I'm an Android developer, I write applications in Kotlin. My colleague iOS developer told me about your course. And I liked it so I decided to buy a subscription.
My new favourite morning routine is feeding 👶🏻 while watching @pointfreeco
Their content pushes the boundary of my knowledge, and it's fun to watch!
Thanks @mbrandonw @stephencelis for the very pedagogical series with @pointfreeco Excited and looking forward to learn from the series
We have this thing called WWTV at #PlanGrid where we mostly just listen to @mbrandonw and @stephencelis talk about functions.
The best thing, that happened to me for a while. @mbrandonw and @stephencelis really provide a lot of new information according to #ios development and #functionalprogramming. All info could be used in real production without boring academics.
Our free plan includes 1 subscriber-only episode of your choice, access to 74 free episodes with transcripts and code samples, and weekly updates from our newsletter.