Why You Should Learn SwiftUI in 2021?
SwiftUI was released at WWDC 2019 as a declarative framework for building apps for all Apple platforms. It quickly became the talk of the WWDC and was embraced by the iOS community. Apple has painted a picture of SwiftUI being the future of iOS development. In this post, I will cover why you should focus on learning SwiftUI in 2021.
Learning Curve
From my personal experience, learning SwiftUI was a relatively easy process. Even though the framework is completely different from its predecessor, UIKit I was able to relate my knowledge of ReactJS and Flutter to feel comfortable with SwiftUI. If you have never worked in a declarative framework like React or Flutter before then you may face some challenges getting comfortable with SwiftUI framework.
Learning new languages and platforms always pay off in the long run
Live Previews
One of the main strengths of SwiftUI is to update the user interface instantly. This is handled by a feature called Xcode Live Previews. Live previews gives you an almost instant preview of an actual view. This removes the time barrier of running and waiting for the app to be run in the simulator. This also helps to prototype an app quickly by going through several user interface iterations.
