Core Data in Swift

Optimizing Your Data Model

When we design our data model, we need to consider several factors. Where we put our binary data can be extremely important because its size and storage location plays a key role in the performance of our application. Likewise, relationships must be carefully balanced and used appropriately. Also, entity inheritance, a powerful feature of Core Data, must be used with a delicate hand because the underlying structure may be surprising.

Although it’s easy to think of Core Data as a database API, we must remember that it’s not and that structuring the data with data normalization may not yield the most efficient results. In many cases, denormalizing the data can yield greater performance gains.

Where to Put Binary Data ...