An Introduction to Grids in SwiftUI

Grids are a powerful layout tool that have been introduced in SwiftUI as of WWDC 2022. They allow developers to create dynamic and responsive layouts that can adapt to various screen sizes and device orientations. 📹The video shows more examples and has more in depth explanations Defining Alignment in Grids

Why Have a Developer Diary?

What is a developer diary? A developer diary is where you write about developer things. It can be the record of what you worked on last, some decisions made by steak-holders in the product, and or a neat way to accomplish a task. It really comes down to what you

What is App Architecture

On my Twitch streams lately, I’ve been using the composable architecture to rebuild my app iHog. It’s been a great time, but it also had me thinking about what is an architecture and what is the purpose of one. So this video isn’t going to dive into

Which to learn first UIKit or SwiftUI as a new developer?

They are both very different ways of thinking and requiring a mental shift when going between the two, which makes learning both at the same time hard. If you are brand new and just want to have fun without any pressure for needing a job ASAP, I suggest starting with

Why you should be taking notes

Maegan on Instagram: “If you’re not taking notes, then you should highly consider starting. It will help you remember and understand the topic more and it will give you a reference to go back to if needed. I think note taking is really important in the software developer field

RevenueCat

Implementing RevenueCat in a UIKit app

RevenueCat just released the latest tutorial on how to implement the SDK in a UIKit app. I had to brush off my UIKit knowledge for this one since I've been using SwiftUI since it was announced.

SwiftUI In-App Subscriptions with RevenueCat

RevenueCat is such a nifty tool and service especially if you have apps across different platforms. It takes away a lot of the in-app purchase pain points that me and other developers have, which is why I like to use it for non-subscription in-app purchases also. RevenueCat asked me to

Developer Tools

How to implement Danger in Swift

Danger is a build tool that checks that your pull request is following certain rules.

July 2022 Recap

I decided I want to do a recap of how my month went for content creation and indie app development. This will be a post full of data from my Google Analytics for this website, Medium, Twitch, YouTube, and Instagram accounts. It will also include some stats from my iOS

Career

What is developer relations?

New to developer relations? Want the TLDR to what exactly is a developer advocate? What's the deal with 🥑?

No CS Degree Post: From Theatre Studies To Six Figures Software Engineer

I shared my story of how I transitioned from a product support specialist with a theatre degree to a front-end software engineer. I recently made this transition almost a year ago. Give it a read on NoCSDegree.com! Here's a little snippet from the article How has your

App Development

My WWDC 2022 wish list

Making this list reminds me of when I was a kid and needed to make a Christmas list for Santa. If you don't know what WWDC is, here's the gist. WWDC stands for World Wide Developer Conference. It is hosted by Apple usually sometime in June.

Gear

How I setup a new Mac for iOS development

What I install and change on a new Mac to maximize my developer experience on macOS.

Git

3 ways to make better pull request descriptions

A pull request, aka merge request, is crucial in the git workflow when working on a team. If your project has CI/CD setup, it is usually the piece that needs to be merged to trigger code to production. This post outlines three ways to make your pull request descriptions better.

Content Creation

3 Tips for a Successful App Development Stream

My last two posts were about what I use for streaming [https://cctplus.dev/what-do-i-stream-ios-app-development-with] and why I stream [https://cctplus.dev/why-do-i-stream-my-app-development/]. This post will give you three tips to make your stream a success. 1. Make an outline 2. Talk about everything you are doing and why 3.

Content Creation

What do I stream iOS App development with?

Let's talk about the gear and software I use to stream iOS app development.

Content Creation

Why do I stream my app development?

I started streaming 3 or 4 years ago because I thought it would be a good way to show what I’m working on, and I was interested in the Twitch [https://twitch.tv/] platform and live streaming. I didn't play video games too often, so I decided

I'm a business owner

My LLC has been filed with the state. I have an official business bank account. I'm updating all my accounts to use the new bank account, and I'm in the process of updating everything with the proper LLC name, CCT Plus LLC. It'll be

Command Line

How to find how many lines of code is in your Swift Project

I was streaming [https://twitch.tv/maeganwilson_] my work on coffee_ [https://apps.apple.com/us/app/coffee/id1611166034] the other day, and @MikaelaCaron [https://www.instagram.com/mikaelacaron/] sent me a snippet on how to find how many lines of code the app was. If you're just

How to use the @FocusState property wrapper in SwiftUI

Here’s how to make TextFields focused and not let a form close until the proper fields are filled out by the user. WWDC 2021 introduced the property wrapper @FocusState [https://developer.apple.com/documentation/swiftui/focusstate]. It can be used to set which textfields are in focus pretty easily.

Coffee Chats

How social media helped my career as a software engineer

In this post, I'm going to discuss what it means to work in public, what are the positives from working in public, how it actually has helped me and why I think you should use Social Media if you come from a non-traditional background. What does it mean

App Development

How to make a Swift Package

What is a Swift Package? Reusable components of Swift, Objective-C, Objective-C++, C, or C++ code that can be used in app projects. These can be published and managed via Xcode Generally distributed via GitHub What's necessary to publish a swift package? * Name for the package ToastKit * Git How

STM ChargeTree Swing and Dapper Wrapper

I was sent the ChargeTree Swing and Dapper Wrapper from STM. They're both great and I love them. They quickly found a place in my life. ChargeTree Swing Charge 3 items at once. I generally charge my iPhone, Airpods, and Apple Watch. This is receiving a 4 stars

Coffee Chats

The Year of Growth

Alright. First thing I’m gonna address. Vlogmas did not work. Too many videos. Too many things happening in December. It was just too much for me to take on. I did a solid week, which I was proud of, but after that I was done. I had distractions and

Developer Tools

Git Tags - What are they and why you should use them.

Git tags allow developers to create check points in the code base. Something that gets tagged a lot are releases. List of tags for MyWheelsThe two types of tags and how to make them There are two types of tags, lightweight and annotated tags. A lightweight tag is a pointer