Daniel and Manton follow up on button sizing in SwiftUI. They compare SwiftUI and React Native in terms of maturity and how much you can expand the frameworks on your own to fill missing gaps. Then, they discuss why all previous cross-platform development approaches have “failed” with respect to matching expectations of the native platform, and what native apps can provide in addition to web counterparts.
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- SwiftUI Button – Apple’s documentation for the different ways to make a button.
- React Native Diary – Manton’s blog post series about learning React Native.
- Brent Simmons – Inspiration for blog post “diary” series and developer of NetNewsWire.
- NetNewsWire 6.1 – New version of NetNewsWire with themes, backed by web views.
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April 20, 2022 at 2:17 pm.
Daniel talks to Manton about Setapp’s efforts to support the war in Ukraine by offering developers the option of donating a percentage of proceeds. They talk about how Setapp is doing in general, and explain a bit about the compensation scheme for developers. Manton talks about the release of a React Native version of Epilogue for Android, and how satisfied he is with the approach. Daniel wonders whether web frameworks are leapfrogging native ones, and what Apple could or should do about it.
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- Setapp – Subscription based service for Mac software.
- MacPaw – Software company that also owns and operates Setapp.
- @vixentael – Ukrainian security researcher/engineer.
- Vincent Ritter – Android developer for Micro.blog.
React Native – Facebook-sponsored cross-platform app framework.
Redwood.js – New web development framework led by Tim Preston-Werner.
- Storybook – User interface development tool that is included with Redwood.js.
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April 17, 2022 at 4:01 pm.
Daniel and Manton talk about accents, and why Manton doesn’t have one after growing up in Texas.
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April 8, 2022 at 8:01 pm.
Manton and Daniel react to Apple’s announcement of WWDC 2022, ponder the merits of the modest in-person viewing opportunity, and wonder about what Apple thinks is in it for them. They struggle to must excitement, wondering whether Apple can still surprise us, but hold out hope for being … well … surprised!
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Daniel and Manton follow up the claim from previous episode that crosswords are “mostly an English-language thing.” Daniel shares more about his experience implementing a custom calendar picker for macOS, and how the AppKit version he emulated differs from Apple’s separate SwiftUI implementation. Manton talks about his positive experience using using React Native, and how SwiftUI would be a tough sell given his desire to target Android. Finally, they speculate briefly about whether WWDC will continue being virtual-only this year, and in years to come.
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April 1, 2022 at 5:24 pm.
