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SwiftLee Weekly by Antoine van der Lee

SwiftLee Weekly - Issue 255

Published 4 months ago • 5 min read

This week's SwiftLee Weekly covers:

  • Network Speed Control for Xcode's Simulator
  • Important App Store News
  • Creative Coding using Swift

Enjoy this week's SwiftLee Weekly!

THIS WEEK'S BLOG POST

​RocketSim 13 - Network Speed Control​

The next major release of RocketSim introduces a Network Speed Control. Similar to the Network Link Conditioner, but: it only affects your Simulator's networking conditions!

Find out what's more new in this release or check out this YouTube video:

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CURATED FROM THE COMMUNITY

​Apps without trader status will be removed from the App Store in the EU - Latest News - Apple Developer​

This is the most important article to read this week. Ensure you’ve correctly set your trader status or your apps might be removed from the EU App Store.
​developer.apple.com​

​Introduction to Non-Copyable types​

What if you want a struct to be only used once? You can prevent it from being copied using non-copyable types in Swift. Vincent Pradeilles explains how it works.
​swiftwithvincent.com​

​Getting started with creative coding using Swift and SwiftUI​

I’ve never tried creative coding before, let alone using Swift. This might change after reading this in-depth article by Create with Swift.
​createwithswift.com​

​How to use cryptographic hash functions in CryptoKit for iOS security​

This article by Natascha Fadeeva came in handy: I literally have to update a hashing algorithm in my app this week. Apple’s CryptoKit framework is great for this.
​tanaschita.com​

​Attending Apple Intelligence and App Intents workshop at Paris​

What is it like to attend an Apple workshop? Thomas Durand shares his learnings on Apple Intelligence, App Intents, and the sample app they had to work with.
​blog.thomasdurand.fr​

SWIFT EVOLUTION

An overview of last week's Swift Proposal state changes. Check them out when they're in review, as it's your opportunity to influence the direction of Swift's future.

CODE SNIPPET OF THE WEEK

Using nonmutating in Swift

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