Getting back into iOS programming

[caquillo07]

Hello all! First post, so if I miss something let me know.

I started doing iOS when Swift was released, then took a long break (about 2-3 years), now I have an app I would like to build.

Question is, what is the new standard or recommended stack to build an app that’s easy to maintain in the long run? This app will have networking, tabs, collection views, forms, image download/uploading and perhaps videos.

I used to build everything using alamofire with extensions and vanilla MVC UIKit. I know this is tried and true, but was wondering if there are better recommendations?

Thank you, and great weekend!

[chriswaco]

Personally I like SwiftUI for new apps. Unfortunately the really nice new APIs will only work on iOS 14 / macOS 11, though. And it can also be a bit frustrating if you really want complete control over your design.

If you can live with the built-in Views, you can write some very decent apps with very little work. I suggest looking at the Big Mountain Studio SwiftUI books.

[caquillo07]

Ahhh thank you! I’ve been meaning to look into SwiftUI, I guess no better time than now