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In this episode: Erica learns to pronounce things the Paul way, we're blown away by how good Swift 5.2's error messages are, and discuss listener views on the future of Swift. Control Room: https://github.com/twostraws/ControlRoom iOS Dev Survey: https://iosdevsurvey.com/ Swift Playgrounds for macOS: https://www.apple.com/uk/swift/playgrounds/ New diagnostics in Swift 5.2: https://swift.org/blog/new-diagnostic-arch-overview/ Paul's first pick: CocoaHub – https://cocoahub.app Paul's second pick: Brisk – https://github.com/twostraws/Brisk Erica's pick: Joe Groff's Twitter feed –…
Swift over Coffee
by Paul Hudson and Mikaela Caron · English · Tech & Science
Swift over Coffee is a podcast that helps you keep your Swift skills up to date the easy way, hosted by Paul Hudson and Mikaela Caron. In each episode we chat about the latest developments in the Swift community, and also host an open ballot where you can share your views on important topics.…
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