Articles, podcasts and news about Swift development, by John Sundell.
Articles, podcasts and news about Swift development, by John Sundell.
This week, let’s take a look at the various ways that Swift closures can capture the objects and values that they depend on, and how we can control those mechanics.
Just like modern versions of Objective-C, Swift uses the ARC (Automatic Reference Counting) memory management model. Let’s take a look at how ARC works, and how to avoid common memory-related issues, such as retain cycles.
Managing memory and avoiding leaks is a crucial part of building any kind of program. This week, let's take a look at how we can set up unit tests to both help us identify memory leaks, and also make it easier to avoid common mistakes that could end up causing leaks in the future.
Mike Ash joins John to talk about reference counting, learning new APIs, Swift tooling vs new language features, what if Swift would've been Objective-C 3.0, and much more.