S4E5: @mikaelacaron and @twostraws talk networking – mostly about getting computers to talk to each other, but also, just as dauntingly, about talking to other humans at conferences too.

Plus: news, Apple delays, and the trifling little matter of the major changes you’re hoping to see in #Xcode, #SwiftUI, #SwiftData and more as #WWDC25 rolls around!

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/swift-over-coffee/id1435076502?i=1000700512953

Swift Assist: Apple's AI tool for programming is still missing today

It is not only the more personal Siri with AI that has not yet been delivered. There is also still no sign of a developer tool that Apple has been touting.

https://www.heise.de/en/news/Swift-Assist-Apple-s-AI-tool-for-programming-is-still-missing-today-10321591.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

Swift Assist: Apples KI-Tool fürs Programmieren fehlt bis heute

Nicht nur die persönlichere Siri mit KI wurde bislang nicht abgeliefert. Auch von einem von Apple angepriesenen Entwicklerwerkzeug fehlt bis heute jede Spur.

https://www.heise.de/news/Swift-Assist-Apples-KI-Tool-fuers-Programmieren-fehlt-bis-heute-10321568.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

Auch wenn es mich selbst schon nervt, ich muss euch nochmal belaestigen...

Ich suche ab sofort einen neuen Job als #iOS und/oder #macOS Software-Entwickler. Ich hab viele Jahre Erfahrung auf dem Gebiet, kenne #ObjectiveC, #Swift, #SwiftUI, #Git, #Xcode und... naja, die ganze Toolchain drumherum eben.

Ich suche eine Remote-Only Festanstellung, keinen Freelance-Job (Vorzugsweise in Österreich, Deutschland geht aber auch). Wenn es in der Naehe von #Bregenz oder #Dornbirn ist, dann auch gerne Onsite.

Wenn ihr jemanden kennt, der jemanden kennt... ihr wisst schon.

Ich danke euch fuers rege Teilen/Boosten.

The Xcode release notes say you can zoom Instruments's flame graph to show lower weighted functions. How do you zoom the flame graph?

The zoom functions in the View menu zoom the graph in the timeline pane, not the flame graph.

Yesterday I finished converting the @SwiftPackageIndex test suite from XCTest over to Swift Testing

With 798 tests and 2,306 assertions it took a moment but it wasn't a particularly hard or tedious transition, thanks in large part to swift-testing-revolutionary.

I'll probably talk a bit about the process in our next podcast episode.

https://swiftpackageindex.com/giginet/swift-testing-revolutionary

I love how Swift Testing allows you to move things into structured annotations (traits) that previously had to be comments. Take for instance the `.bug()` annotation as a reason to skip a test - very nice.

(I believe the bug url is intended to be shown as a clickable link in the test UI in Xcode somewhere but it doesn't seem to be working at the moment. This is in Xcode 16.2.)

#XCSSET: #macOS-#Malware ist wieder aktiv | Security https://www.heise.de/news/XCSSET-macOS-Malware-ist-wieder-aktiv-10285697.html #Xcode

Okay Xcode’s predictive code model, who is Nick Lockwood? And why are you suggesting this in my project?

Yes I did search the web and found a Nick Lockwood on GitHub. However I didn’t see anything in their repos that was this line of code. Curious.

Downloading all the Kindle books I purchased while I still can and I got to these showing when I started with Xcode, Cocoa and Objective-C. Thanks Big Nerd Ranch.

GitHub Copilot for Xcode: Public preview version available

With GitHub Copilot for Xcode, developers can use Microsoft AI for code completion and as a chat window. The software saves a few detours.

https://www.heise.de/en/news/GitHub-Copilot-for-Xcode-Public-preview-version-available-10285871.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

XCSSET: macOS malware is active again

The Mac malware XCSSET has been quiet for some time. Now Microsoft has discovered new active variants that infect Xcode projects.

https://www.heise.de/en/news/XCSSET-macOS-malware-is-active-again-10286088.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

XCSSET: macOS-Malware ist wieder aktiv

Einige Zeit war es ruhig um die Mac-Malware XCSSET. Nun hat Microsoft neue aktive Varianten entdeckt, die Xcode-Projekte befallen.

https://www.heise.de/news/XCSSET-macOS-Malware-ist-wieder-aktiv-10285697.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

GitHub Copilot für Xcode: Öffentliche Vorschauversion verfügbar

Mit GitHub Copilot für Xcode können Entwickler die Microsoft-KI zur Codevervollständigung und als Chatfenster nutzen. Die Software erspart einige Umwege.

https://www.heise.de/news/GitHub-Copilot-fuer-Xcode-Oeffentliche-Vorschauversion-verfuegbar-10285779.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

Find someone who holds on to you like #Xcode holds on to state from the previous branch

can i somehow force xcode to build with the ios 17.2 runtime i manually installed instead of forcing me to download the Latest Thing?

(pls boost this is a genuine question look it even has hashtags )

PSA: As of #xcode 16, you can paste the contents of the clipboard into a new, correctly named file.
(Imports are missing, but that's OK)

Xcode tip: take the following steps to run your tests in random order:

1. Select the Test step from the scheme editor.
2. Click the Info button at the top of the scheme editor.
3. Click the Options button next to the test target.
4. Select the Randomize execution order checkbox.

#Xcode experts: I have a Mac Catalyst app which contains a non-catalyst helper, so when I build the Catalyst app’s target, it also builds the helper. This has worked fine until I’ve now made the helper target link against a static library target. If I build the helper on its own, it works fine, but when built implicitly via the catalyst target, it tries to link against the catalyst binary of the library, which fails. (build/Debug-maccatalyst/libWhatever.a rather than build/Debug/libWhatever.a)

I know about using `Self._printChanges()` to detect when SwiftUI views are updated but I am sure I read an article that used variations of this to print more info but I can't find it. Does anyone remember that? #SwiftUI #Xcode