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Swift from Zero to Expert #7: Enumerations — more than a list of cases
Raw values, associated values, recursive enums with indirect, and how the compiler picks the minimal memory representation.
Writing about Swift.
Real-world iOS engineering, explained clearly.
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Swift from Zero to Expert #6: Closures — captures, memory, and functional power
Closure expressions, value capturing, capture lists, @escaping vs non-escaping, and why closures are reference types that live on the heap.
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Mastering Instruments (Part 4): Flame Graphs, Swift Concurrency Under the Microscope, and Processor Trace in Action
Learn to read Flame Graphs, audit async tasks with Swift Tasks, and push Processor Trace to its limits with a real CLI project that uses Swift Concurrency intensively.
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Swift from Zero to Expert #5: Functions — first-class citizens
Parameters, labels, inout, function types and functions as values. The gateway to closures and functional programming.
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Mastering Instruments (Part 3): Scientific Method, Advanced Time Profiler, and Profiling at Scale
Learn to diagnose performance issues as a scientific process. Master Weight vs Self-Weight, Charge/Prune/Flatten, and scale profiling with xctrace.
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Swift from Zero to Expert #4: Control Flow — from if/else to pattern matching
if/else, exhaustive switch with pattern matching, guard as a philosophy, and how the compiler optimizes your decisions into jump tables.
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Mastering Instruments (Part 2.5): malloc, free, and ARC — How Memory Works Under the Hood
Viscerally understand what happens when your code runs. Visualize malloc, free, reference counting, and retain cycles with interactive components.
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Swift from Zero to Expert #3: Strings and Characters — much more than text
Unicode scalars, grapheme clusters, why string[0] doesn't exist in Swift, and how Substring shares memory with the original String.
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Swift from Zero to Expert #2: Collections — Array, Set and Dictionary under the hood
Discover how Swift's collections work inside: when to use each one, their algorithmic complexity, and the elegance of copy-on-write.
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Swift from Zero to Expert #1: Data types, operators, and how Swift thinks about memory
First article in the Swift from Zero to Expert series. We explore fundamental data types, operators, and why Swift decides to put things on the stack.