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What’s new in Swift

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Key Points

  • Reviews current Swift language, library, and tooling updates.
  • Covers the latest language advancements, including updates for everyday ergonomics, improved concurrency, and safer high-performance code.
  • Covers workflow and language interoperability improvements and updates in embedded Swift.
  • The session moves through Everyday Language Improvements, AnyAppleOS Availability, @diagnose Attribute, Module Selectors (::), Library Updates, Standard Library, and related wrap-up guidance.
  • Key concepts include SwiftUI, Swift Testing, XCTest, assertion, XCTestCase, ProgressManager, VSCode, OpenVSX.
  • Platform coverage: ios, ipados, macos, tvos, visionos, watchos.

Condensed Flow

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AnyAppleOS Availability:

Focuses on AnyAppleOS.

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Module Selectors (::):

Focuses on SwiftUI.

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Library Updates:

Focuses on Swift Testing.

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Swift Testing Updates:

Focuses on Swift Testing, XCTestCase, XCTest.

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Foundation:

Focuses on ProgressManager.

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Additional details

  • Detailed flow: Everyday Language Improvements -> AnyAppleOS Availability -> @diagnose Attribute -> Module Selectors (::) -> Library Updates -> Standard Library -> Swift Testing Updates -> Subprocess 1.0 -> ...
  • APIs and concepts to recognize: SwiftUI, Swift Testing, XCTest, assertion, XCTestCase, ProgressManager, VSCode, OpenVSX, VSCodium, DWARF, UnsafePointer, OutputSpan.
  • Version and support notes focus on OpenVSX, VSCodium.
  • Implementation focus: XCTest, Swift Testing, XCTestCase, assertion, VSCode, MapValues, DWARF.

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