Written by Federico Zanetello

Description: Explore the world of declarative-style programming: Discover how to build a fully-functioning SwiftUI app from scratch as we explain the benefits of writing declarative code and how SwiftUI and Xcode can combine forces to help you build great apps, faster.

This session is an introduction on how to develop apps using SwiftUI.

If you're totally new to SwiftUI, I suggest you to watch the talk to get acquaint with the preview canvas and other important interactions that really don't translate well in a written note.

Some takeaway for everyone:

• ⌘ + click on a SwiftUI component (either in code or in the preview) to have options such as:
  • Embed in HStack
  • Show SwiftUI Inspector (use ⌃ + ⌥ + click for jumping to this option)
  • and more

Alternatively, place your cursor on the element and use the ⌘ + ⇧ + A shortcut to invoke the actions menu, note that SwiftUI-related actions show up only when the preview canvas is displayed.

• ⌘ + ⌥ + P to resume a preview

• Towards the end of the video it is shown how to use the new .toolbar modifier (iOS 14+, macOS 11+, watchOS 7+), which adds items to either a toolbar or navigation bar (depending on the context).

• We can now change the environment (like color scheme, size category, ...) of a preview directly via its new toolbar: