Vapor HTTP Error Handling Security Vulnerability
We've just released Vapor 4.84.2 which contains a fix for a security vulnerability in Vapor's error handling.
212 posts with the category “Development”
Debugging Improvements in Swift 5.9
Swift 5.9 enhances debugging with three key improvements to the compiler and LLDB. The p and po commands now use the faster dwim-print command, avoiding persistent result variables and enabling po to print Swift objects from raw addresses.
Swift 5.9 Released
Swift 5.9 introduces a powerful macro system for expressive libraries, parameter packs for flexible generic APIs, and ownership features like consume and noncopyable types to optimize low-level code performance.
SSWG 2023 Annual Update
The Swift Server Workgroup (SSWG) has released its 2023 annual update, reflecting on community progress and outlining priorities for the year.
Introducing Swift HTTP Types
Apple announced Swift HTTP Types, a new open-source package providing shared, Swift-first currency types for HTTP operations, enhancing code sharing between clients and servers.
My App Store Screenshots Flow
Creating 975 screenshots for the App Store is a daunting task if done manually. For my app, Quiet, I need screenshots for multiple devices and languages, and framing them nicely with labels adds even more work.
Introducing Swift OpenAPI Generator
Apple released Swift OpenAPI Generator, a set of open-source libraries that automate HTTP communication for clients and servers using the OpenAPI specification.
Update on privacy in Apple's ecosystem 2023
This year, I watched four sessions totalling 1 hour and 15 minutes, and I’m excited to share a summary to save you the time. Here’s what’s new in Apple’s privacy landscape for 2023, built around their four core privacy pillars.
I am happy with TipKit
Over the years I became more convinced that onboarding flows were users are educated are not working. It is much better to educate people in context and when needed.
On Device Machine Learning
I loved how during the WWDC Keynote and The State of Union not once the term AI was used. AI is an hype word and could mean a lot of things. Love how Apple keeps saying “On Device Machine Learning”.
Using Upcoming Feature Flags
Swift 5.8 introduces a flexible mechanism to adopt upcoming features via the -enable-upcoming-feature compiler flag and the hasFeature() condition, allowing developers to incrementally prepare for Swift 6 while maintaining source compatibility.
Upcoming changes to Vapor with Sendable
The Vapor team is implementing Sendable annotations across its repositories, starting with a significant pull request, to enhance safety in Swift Concurrency, following a challenging but unsuccessful attempt to use actors for some internals.
Why not Flutter?
Flutter, Google’s cross-platform framework, promises fast development for Android and iOS apps, but it comes with notable limitations.
Penny Update
The Vapor team announced a new update for Penny, their Discord bot, enhancing it to post Swift Evolution proposal updates in the #swift-evolution channel, with an option for users to follow these updates on their own servers.
PostgresNIO Security Vulnerability
We released PostgresNIO 1.14.2 last week, which contains a security fix for a vulnerability in PostgresNIO's TLS support. This has been designated as CVE-2023-31136.
Updating Vapor's Templates for Swift 5.8
The Vapor team has updated its project templates to support Swift 5.8, adopting a unified target with the @main syntax for application entry points, aligning with Swift’s modern features and enabling asynchronous setup functions.
Do not Run Servers
I listen for a few years now to the podcast Under the Radar. It is about developing apps as an indie developer. Highly recommended to add to your podcast app if you have any interest in developing apps.
Foundation Package Preview Now Available
The Swift Core Team is restructuring the Swift project by organising workgroups into steering groups and workgroups to enhance community contributions and focus.
Foundation Package Preview Now Available
The preview of a new, unified Foundation package, written in Swift, is now available on GitHub, offering faster, safer, and more approachable implementations for types like AttributedString, JSONEncoder, and Calendar, with more to be added.
Moving away from building Prettified JSON Viewers
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Offline experience of apps
In a world where constant connectivity is not guaranteed, ensuring your app works offline is vital. Users expect apps to function smoothly, whether they are on a plane, in a remote area, or facing a weak signal.
Swift 5.8 Released!
Swift 5.8 introduces features to prepare for Swift 6, including the hasFeature directive and conditional attributes for incremental adoption, alongside enhancements like concise magic file names and regex literals.
Getting an entitlement for Family Controls (Distribution)
In February I wanted to release an update for Quiet. There is a big update to the iOS app. Quiet can hide apps according to the rules active in Quiet. For example if you block TikTok in Quiet, the TikTok app will disappear from your iOS device.
Case against the cloud
Cloud computing has swept the business world, with many companies rushing to migrate their operations to cloud-based solutions or building new projects entirely in the cloud.
Introducing Swift Certificates and Swift ASN.1
Apple has released two new open-source Swift packages, swift-certificates and swift-asn1, to provide a faster, safer implementation of X.509 certificates for TLS security.