DevelopmentIntroducing Swift AWS Lambda Runtime
The Swift AWS Lambda Runtime is a new open-source Swift package that simplifies building server-less functions for AWS Lambda, enabling Swift developers to create scalable, cost-effective cloud solutions with low memory use and fast startup.
ProjectsBrandBook
BrandBook makes connecting your employees with your brand identity as easy as clicking a button. By keeping everything about your brand in one place, you can empower your team to use it the right way.
Books12 Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson
Jordan B. Peterson's 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos gives clear advice on how to live better. He draws from psychology, old stories, religion, and his own life.
DevelopmentAdditional Linux Distributions
The Swift project now officially supports Ubuntu 20.04, CentOS 8, and Amazon Linux 2, alongside Ubuntu 16.04 and 18.04, with downloadable toolchains and Docker images available on Swift.org.
Monthly UpdatesMonthly update #0360 • April 2020
Monthly update 360 • April 2020 • 2020-04-01 - 2020-04-30
ProjectsSecKey moving to Universal Purchases
SecKey moving to Universal Purchases
ProjectsQuiet moving to Universal Purchases
Quiet moving to Universal Purchases
BooksThe MAGA Doctrine by Charlie Kirk
Charlie Kirk’s Right Wing Revolution: How to Beat the Woke and Save the West argues that “wokeism” threatens American freedom and traditional values.
Monthly UpdatesMonthly update #0359 • March 2020
Monthly update 359 • March 2020 • 2020-03-01 - 2020-03-31
DevelopmentI Don’t Care What Google or Apple or Whoever Did
It is not uncommon that I raise an accessibility or usability issue with a client’s design or implementation and am met with either “But Google does this,” or “But Apple does this.”
DevelopmentSwift 5.3 Release Process
Swift 5.3 focuses on significant quality and performance improvements while expanding platform support to include Windows and additional Linux distributions.
DevelopmentSwift 5.2 Released!
Swift 5.2 enhances the developer experience with improved compiler diagnostics, faster code completion, better debugging, and refined Swift Package Manager dependency handling.
Monthly UpdatesMonthly update #0358 • February 2020
Monthly update 358 • February 2020 • 2020-02-01 - 2020-02-29
DevelopmentAnnouncing ArgumentParser
The Swift ArgumentParser library simplifies parsing command-line arguments with a type-safe, declarative approach using Swift features like property wrappers and reflection.
DevelopmentStandard Library Preview Package
Swift 5 introduces the Standard Library Preview package, an open-source tool bundling accepted Swift Evolution features not yet in official releases, starting with SE-0270 for subrange operations like subranges(where:) and moveSubranges(_:to:) on collections, plus the RangeSet type.
GemsGears
I’ve always been fascinated by mechanical gears. There is something captivating about the way their teeth come together to create a fluid, unified motion.
DevelopmentLibrary Evolution in Swift
Swift's library evolution support, enabled via BUILD_LIBRARY_FOR_DISTRIBUTION in Xcode or -enable-library-evolution in swiftc, allows framework authors to make additive API changes while maintaining binary compatibility, ensuring clients don't need recompilation.
DevelopmentIntroducing Swift Crypto
Swift Crypto is a new open-source Swift package that extends Apple CryptoKit's APIs to non-Apple platforms by using BoringSSL for cryptographic primitives, while deferring to CryptoKit on Apple systems for seamless cross-platform development.
Monthly UpdatesMonthly update #0357 • January 2020
Monthly update 357 • January 2020 • 2020-01-01 - 2020-01-31
BooksThe 5 AM Club by Robin Sharma
In “The 5 AM Club,” renowned leadership expert Robin Sharma elucidates the transformative potential of early morning wake-up and purposeful daily commencement.
Monthly UpdatesMonthly update #0356 • December 2019
Monthly update 356 • December 2019 • 2019-12-01 - 2019-12-31