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It’s been such a long time since I didn’t previously want any other update on my MacBook. I was waiting for Swift async-await since like forever — and now it’s finally here, with backwards compatibility down to iOS 13 too!

Grab Xcode 13.2.1 — note that the original 13.2 in the Mac App Store had a big issue with Swift…

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Introduction to SceneKit

3D with Swift Playgrounds

Hands-on introduction to SceneKit

Yesterday I was wondering what would be an interesting new mini-project to start with my children in the weekend and allow them to do something else than…

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Moving to async-await

Swift 5.5 version leap

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Finally, no further need for (ugly) workarounds: async-await; Swift 5.5; Xcode 13 (or, to support macOS Monterey targets, 13.1.)

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Create powerful macOS tools yourself

using Swift, Objective C, C++, or even plain old C — and Xcode

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Kids can build macOS apps, too!

using Xcode — and a bit of guidance here and there

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I don’t use* SwiftUI previews!

[* Update: I only rarely use them.] I know: boo. But still.

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Rewiring delegate internals

Let’s call this NOOP :-)

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Async-await with Swift and Combine; a better? workaround

We can define “keywords” ourselves — at least…

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Sweet Swift 5.3

Finally: functional (& less “frustrational”) programming-enabled