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SwiftLee Weekly by Antoine van der Lee

SwiftLee Weekly - Issue 260

Published about 1 year ago • 5 min read

This week's SwiftLee Weekly covers:

  • Conference ticket giveaway
  • Task.yield vs. Task.sleep
  • What is a good course price?

Enjoy this week's SwiftLee Weekly!

THIS WEEK'S BLOG POST

​Task.sleep() vs. Task.yield(): The differences explained​

I've used both methods in my code, but sleep has always been easier to understand than Task.yield(). It's time to dive into the differences and showcase a few examples.

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CURATED FROM THE COMMUNITY

​Tapping on Stack Views​

If you’re building many apps in SwiftUI, you’ve been looking for the solution described in this article at least once. Since I know it exists, it helped me out multiple times.
​useyourloaf.com​

​Quick guide on home screen quick actions for SwiftUI​

Home screen quick actions can be a great way to capture users before they uninstall your apps, but also to provide shortcuts to valuable features. Natascha Fadeeva describes how it works.
​tanaschita.com​

​New Concurrency Stuff with 6.1​

As you know from the Swift Evolution section in this newsletter, Swift Concurrency is still greatly improved. A few improvements were made to Swift 6.1, and Matt takes you through them.
​massicotte.org​

​Advice I Wish I Had Gotten Earlier​

I encounter articles like this every week when curating this newsletter, but I’ve never seen so many points that resonate with my growth path. It’s a must-read if you’re looking to improve yourself.
​manu.show​

​How Swift's server support powers Things Cloud​

I’ve been using Swift on the server for RocketSim for Teams for a while now, and it’s been such a pleasure writing and maintaining a backend in Swift. Code reusability, but also focusing on a single language. The team behind Things did the same and shared their story.
​swift.org​

Monthly giveaway

​Win a free ticket for AppDevCon in Amsterdam​

Win a ticket for the AppDevCon Conference, a conference taking place from March 18–21, 2025, in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

I'll speak about Swift Concurrency, among many other great speakers distributed across 8 (!!) tracks.

​Join the free giveaway →

The winner will be announced in SwiftLee Weekly 261 (March 4th)

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

Expressible Literals in Swift

You can find this post on Twitter/X, LinkedIn, or Bluesky.

QUESTION OF THE WEEK

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What do you think is a good price for a course?
— Anonymous

As you might know I've recently started working on a new course on Swift Concurrency and Swift 6 (feel free to join the waitlist). One of the questions I started discussing was about a proper price for courses.

If you're looking for a proper pricing for a new product, you can use several research strategies. One of them is the Van Westendorp Pricing Model. You basically ask four questions:

  1. At what price would it be so low that you start to question this product’s quality?
  2. At what price do you think this product is starting to be a bargain?
  3. At what price does this product begin to seem expensive?
  4. At what price is this product too expensive?

You can use the responses to create a line chart and find the optimal pricing for your new product.

I started a similar survey for my new course, and would love your input. It's directly an opportunity for you to experience such pricing model research:

​Fill in the Van Westendorp course pricing model survey →

Want to have your question answered next week? Ask your question via this form (anonymously) or reply to this email with your question.

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